Gaab conducted a lab experiment to assess the effect stress management training has on male students at the Swiss federal institute of technology, in Zurich. Participants were randomly assigned to recieve group based stress managemennt training before or after undergoing a standardised stress test.
At the beginning of the study, participants responded to a questionnaire about their personality and attitudes towards stress. Participants were randomly assigned to a group that undertook stress inoculation training (SIT training) before taking the stress test or in a control group which took stress test before training. Training consisted of 2 days of learning stress management and relaxation techniques. Before taking the stress test, participants saliva was tested for cortisol. The test composed of a simulated job interview, and a maths test.
The researchers found that the physiological measures of stress were in line with the participants reported stress levels, and both of these were significantly reduced if they had previously undergone SIT training.
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