Publication: Evaluation of the Effect of a Live Interview in Journalism Students on Salivary Stress Biomarkers and Conventional Stress Scales
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Roca Marín, Delfina ; Escribano Tortosa, Damián ; Franco Martínez, Lorena ; Contreras Aguilar, María Dolores ; Bernal Gambín, Luis Jesús ; Cerón Madrigal, José Joaquín ; Rojo Villada, Pedro Antonio ; Martínez Subiela, Silvia ; Tvarijonaviciute, Asta
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Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Comunicación y Documentación
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19041920
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Abstract
A career in journalism can be very stressful, as journalists frequently have to deal with uncontrolled situations such as conducting live interviews. Therefore, training is essential during their career, both for the development of communication skills and for the improvement of the real and effective capacity to perform the tasks of their professional activity. The aim of this study was to assess the levels of stress in students before and after a practical training in a professional television set using subjective (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Likert scale) and objective (salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase) methods. The results indicate that a live interview produces stress in the students as revealed by increased concentrations of cortisol and alpha amylase in saliva. Furthermore, students with lower initial concentrations of these biomarkers obtained better grades in evaluation, suggesting that greater control of anticipatory stress could be associated with a better activity performance.
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Roca, D.; Escribano, D.; Franco-Martínez, L.; Contreras-Aguilar, M.D.; Bernal, L.J.; Ceron, J.J.; RojoVillada, P.A.; Martínez-Subiela, S.; Tvarijonaviciute, A. (2022). Evaluation of the Effect of a Live Interview in Journalism Students on Salivary Stress Biomarkers and Conventional Stress Scales. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 1920. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19041920
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