Esperanza González-Bono

TL;DR: The anticipatory hormonal and psychological responses of 17 male judo players to an official competition with the data obtained during eight resting sessions carried out at the same time of day are compared to suggest an adaptive psychobiological response to a competition.

TL;DR: The relationships found between T changes in competition and motivation to win, as well as between C response and self-efficacy suggest that in humans hormonal response to competition is not a direct consequence of winning and losing but rather is mediated by complex psychological processes.

TL;DR: The results indicate that in a real, highly competitive situation, T changes are not directly a response to the outcome, but rather to the contribution the individual makes to it and to the causes he attributes.

TL;DR: Men and women did not differ in trait anxiety, hostility/aggressiveness, or in the appraisal of the task, which were evaluated with the trait version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T), the Buss and Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI), and a self-report elaborated by ourselves.

TL;DR: A central mechanism responsible for regulation of energy balance and HPA axis activation, rather than peripheral mechanisms is suggested, and it is recommended to control for blood glucose levels when studying HPAaxis responsiveness.