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Cardiorespiratory fitness and stress reactivity during school exams (CROSS-Study)
Project funded by own resources
Project title Cardiorespiratory fitness and stress reactivity during school exams (CROSS-Study)
Principal Investigator(s) Gerber, Markus
Co-Investigator(s) Ludyga, Sebastian
Hanke, Manuel
Looser, Vera Nina
Organisation / Research unit Departement Sport, Bewegung und Gesundheit / Sport und psychosoziale Gesundheit (Gerber)
Project start 01.11.2022
Probable end 31.12.2023
Status Completed
Abstract

The overall goal of this project is to examine whether the physiological and psychological reactivity in response to an acute “real-life” academic stressor (exam in mathematics) is associated with students’ cardiorespiratory fitness level. Further potential moderators will be assessed and examined, including self-reported physical activity, perceived stress (worries, tension, demands, joy), test anxiety (thoughts, off-task behaviors, autonomic reactions), mathematics self-concept, and mental toughness. These research questions will be examined with identical methods in three independent populations (study 1-3). Replication of the findings across studies will provide important insights regarding the generalizability of the findings and increase external validity.

Primary objective:To examine whether cardiorespiratory fitness moderates the physiological and psychological reactivity in response to an academic (real life) stressor (mathematics exam).

Secondary objective 1:To examine whether students physiological and psychological reactivity in response to an academic stressor (mathematics exam) depends on further assessed moderators (self-reported physical activity, grip strength, perceived stress, test anxiety, and mental toughness).

Secondary objective 2: To examine whether the relationship between perceived stress and students’ psychological functioning (assessed via the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire [SDQ] and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9] Depression Scale) is moderated by cardiorespiratory fitness levels, self-reported physical activity levels, grip strength or mental toughness.

Keywords stress, stress reactivity, fitness, maths, school, adolescents
Financed by University funds
   

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