Psychophysiological Stress Reactivity Relationships across the Menstrual Cycle

Table 2

Bivariate correlations between psychological and physiological states during baseline, stress response, and reactivity.

	Follicular STAI-S			STAI-T
	Baseline	Stress response	Reactivity; Δ	Trait anxiety
Follicular HR
Baseline	.05	.23	.17	.25
Stress response	−.13	.15	.24	.04
Reactivity	−.30	.10	.33	−.19
	Luteal STAI-S			STAI-T
	Baseline	Stress response	Reactivity; Δ	Trait anxiety
Luteal HR
Baseline	.10	.35	.09	.06
Stress response	.06	.17	.13	.06
Reactivity	−.16	.08	.06	−.37

Note. HR = heart rate in beats per minute; STAI-S = state portion of the State-Trait Anxiety Questionnaire; STAI-T = trait portion of the State-Trait Anxiety Questionnaire; baseline = mean of baseline period; stress response = mean of stressor task period; reactivity = baseline value subtracted from stress response value.
< .05.