144767 20260217205552.0 doi 10.1080/10615806.2023.2264208 sideral 139482 ART-2024-139482 eng Garces-Arilla, Sara Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6285-8158 Female students’ personality and stress response to an academic examination 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Background: Women are vulnerable to stress-related disorders. Examinations are a source of stress, triggering emotional, cognitive, and hormonal responses. We examined women’s psychological and hormonal stress responses and academic performance according to personality during a real-life examination. Methods: Female students (N = 66) were divided into two groups based on hierarchical cluster analysis: one cluster characterized by high neuroticism and moderate extraversion (HN-ME; n = 42) and the other by low neuroticism and high extraversion (LN-HE; n = 24). Academic performance, perceived stress, and emotional dysregulation were analyzed. State anxiety, affect, and cortisol release were measured before and on the examination day. Results: The HN-ME cluster was high in perceived stress, emotional dysregulation, and negative affect. This cluster also had higher state anxiety levels two days before and shortly after the examination compared to the LN-HE cluster. Students’ cortisol levels were higher on the examination day, and there was a marginal significance of the Cluster factor in the cortisol release regardless of the day of measurement. Conclusions: Women with high neuroticism and moderate extraversion may be more vulnerable to psychological stress in academic settings but similar to other women in their cortisol response. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S31-23R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/Fundación Universitaria Antonio Gargallo-2019-B002 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/JIUZ-2019-SOC-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 1.9 2024 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 88 / 223 = 0.395 2024 Q2 T2 PSYCHIATRY 176 / 288 = 0.611 2024 Q3 T2 1.458 2024 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) 2024 Q1 Psychiatry and Mental Health 2024 Q1 Developmental and Educational Psychology 2024 Q1 Clinical Psychology 2024 Q1 8.0 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Fidalgo, Camino Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4732-6417 Mendez-Lopez, Magdalena Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4249-602X Osma, Jorge Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7293-318X Peiro, Teresa Salvador, Alicia Hidalgo, Vanesa Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-3920-1099 4009 725 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicobiología 4009 680 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Person.Eval.Trat.Psicoló. 37, 4 (2024), 460-472 Anxiety stress coping ANXIETY STRESS AND COPING 1061-5806 504625 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/144767/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1568889 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/144767/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:144767 articulos driver 2026-02-17-20:41:03 ARTICLE