2.4. Measures
POSITIVE
Demographic information collected from participants included age, gender identity, and race/ethnicity. In addition, participants reported on health behaviors that are associated with physiological functioning (consumption of caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine over the 24 h prior to the visit, medication taken and physical activity the day of the visit, and hours slept the previous night).Participants reported on their emotional state via the 20-item Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) [Because expert guidelines suggest a minimum of two different self-report measures to assess participants’ subjective stress state [Objective stress reactivity was measured via systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP, DBP) and heart rate (HR) to accompany subjective measures. A noninvasive fitted cuff monitor (Dinamap Pro 100V2, GE Medical Systems, Tampa, FL, USA) was used to measure BP and HR, replicating protocols from previous studies [