Psychophysiological Stress Reactivity Relationships across the Menstrual Cycle

Table 1

Descriptive values for psychological and physiological baseline, stress response, and reactivity across the menstrual cycle phase ().

	Follicular		Luteal
	M	SD	M	SD
STAI-S
Baseline	30.57	7.38	30.84	9.16
Stress response	54.71	8.78	54.02	11.03
Reactivity	24.14	9.42	23.18	10.63
HR
Baseline	62.82	8.35	66.41	10.44
Stress response	71.11	9.85	75.27	11.31
Reactivity	8.22	6.55	8.86	7.16

Note. STAI-S = state portion of the State-Trait Anxiety Questionnaire; HR = heart rate in beats per minute; baseline = 15-minute mark during the first fifteen minutes; stress response = mean of stressor task period; reactivity = baseline value subtracted from stress response value; M = mean; SD = standard deviation.