The role of stress on adolescents and its impact on development and mental health is of significant psychological concern. Previous research has investigated physiological changes, stressor characteristics and individual differences in stress responding. Experimental procedures that closely simulate naturally occurring psychosocial stressors have primarily been achievement-related (e.g., test taking, competitive tasks and psychomotor performance) and anxiety-provoking tasks (e.g., public speaking, improvisation and invasive medical-procedures) but few seek to elicit frustration. To address this gap, a new experimental procedure was developed and validated against the Trier Social Stress Test for Teens, with a Low Stress condition as a control. Conflict-related stressors, such as parent- and peer-related debates, have been found to be effective in provoking frustration in adolescents. The Frustration Social Stressor for Adolescents (FSS-A), a moderate frustration-provoking stressor involves a peer debate on a ‘hot’ topic, followed by a serial subtraction task with still-faced judges. The FSS-A procedure effectively elicited reliable and valid physiological (cortisol, heart rate) stress responses and was an effective stressor for both sexes. This new, stress protocol mirrors frustrating- and anxiety-provoking stressful situations that adolescents commonly encounter and affords a more detailed study of differential stress response patterns, increased understanding of adolescent stress, and potential for psychoeducational programming, such as directions for education and therapeutic intervention.

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青少年的挫折社会压力源 (FSS-A)：一种新适应的社会心理压力源

压力对青少年的作用及其对发育和心理健康的影响是重要的心理问题。先前的研究调查了压力反应的生理变化、压力源特征和个体差异。密切模拟自然发生的社会心理压力源的实验程序主要是与成就相关的（例如，应试、竞争性任务和心理运动表现）和引起焦虑的任务（例如，公开演讲、即兴表演和侵入性医疗程序），但很少有人试图引出挫折。为了解决这一差距，开发了一种新的实验程序，并针对青少年的特里尔社会压力测试进行了验证，具有低压力条件作为对照。已发现与冲突相关的压力源，例如与父母和同伴相关的辩论，可以有效地激起青少年的挫败感。在挫折的社会心理应激对青少年（FSS-A） ，适度的挫折发人深省的应激涉及对“热”话题同行辩论，然后用仍面法官串行减法任务。该FSS-A程序有效地引发了可靠和有效的生理（皮质醇、心率）压力反应，并且是两性的有效压力源。这种新的压力协议反映了青少年经常遇到的令人沮丧和焦虑的压力情况，并提供了对不同压力反应模式的更详细研究，增加了对青少年压力的理解，以及心理教育计划的潜力，例如教育和治疗干预的方向.