Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Anegg, U; Dietmaier, G; Maier, A; Tomaselli, F; Gabor, S; Kallus, KW; Smolle-Jüttner, FM.
Stress-induced hormonal and mood responses in scuba divers: a field study.
Life Sci. 2002; 70(23):2721-2734
Doi: 10.1016%2FS0024-3205%2802%2901537-0
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Anegg Udo
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Dietmaier Gabriele
- Gabor Sabine
- Maier Alfred
- Smolle-Juettner Freyja-Maria
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- Abstract:
- The majority of injuries in scuba-divers are attributable to inappropriate behavior under stressful diving conditions, predominantly involving panic reactions emerging from elevated levels of anxiety. Divers with an elevated level of anxiety and poor coping are at higher risk of developing panic reactions than those possessing more adequate stress-coping-mechanisms. In the comparison of two extreme groups of seven divers each with opposite stress coping strategies, prolactin was found to be a hormonal marker with a significant increase in the sub-group of the stress-controllers. This hormonal response was observed in a recreational and a stressful dive, and in the latter with a more distinct elevation. Along with the self-reported emotional conditions under immersion, these data suggest that an increased prolactin level reflects a state of elevated physical and mental activation and vigilance. Facing a stressful situation subjects with more emotional concern and the tendency to surrender react by "blunted responses" and show significantly lower elevations of the prolactin levels in contrast to subjects with the very opposite psychological features. The other observed somatic parameters (epinephrine, norepinephrine) showed significant increases during and after dives (with the exception of saliva cortisol), however without any significant group difference.
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- Hydrocortisone - metabolism
- Male - metabolism
- Middle Aged - metabolism
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