UNASSIGNED: Abstract Holding oral presentations in a university course is perceived as stressful and can increase stress hormone concentrations and state @entity148 . In such a naturalistic setting, further attention should be paid to the relationship between psychological and hormonal measures of acute stress, as well as @entity1 's intake of hormonal contraceptives as a potential moderating variable. In the present study, 76 healthy students gave saliva samples before and after their oral presentations in a university course as well as on a second, control day in the same course without giving an oral presentation. @entity148 was rated on both days. @entity701 concentrations as well as state @entity148 were substantially higher on the presentation relative to the control day. During the oral presentation, an increase in @entity701 concentrations was observed, whereas a decrease occurred on the control day. Nearly the same picture emerged for both variables when looking at @entity1 , @entity1 taking hormonal contraceptives and free-cycling @entity1 separately. A positive correlation was found between the change in anticipatory state @entity148 in the presentation compared to the control day and @entity701 concentrations before and after the oral presentation. Concluding, oral presentations constitute a potent stressor and do not seem to be substantially different between @entity1 , free-cycling @entity1 and @entity1 taking hormonal contraceptives. Future studies may want to explore changes associated with specific menstrual cycle phases and with specific hormonal contraceptives.

Examination of XXXX and state @entity148 at an academic setting with and without oral presentation.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'men'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['Anticipatory state anxiety', 'anxiety'] @entity701 :: ('MESH:D006854', 'Chemical') :: ['Cortisol', 'cortisol']
@entity701 :: (MESH:D006854,Chemical) :: ['cortisol']
