The STRESS-EU database: A European resource of human acute stress studies for the worldwide research community
Milou S.C. Sep, Kim Veenman, Christiaan Vinkers, Milou S.C. Sep, Kim Veenman, Philippe C. Habets, Valeria Bonapersona, Patricia Bakvis, Ulrike U. Bentele, Elisabeth B. Binder, Susan Branje, Tanja Brückl, Sandra Cornelisse, Philip Dickinson, Bernet M. Elzinga, Andrea W.M. Evers, Guillén Fernández, Elbert Geuze, Catharina A. Hartman, Erno J. Hermans, Dennis Hernaus, Marian Joëls, Reinoud Kaldewaij, Wim Meeus, Maria Meier, Henriët van Middendorp, Stefanie A. Nelemans, Nicole Y.L. Oei, Tineke Oldehinkel, Jacobien M. van Peer, Jens C. Pruessner, Conny W.E.M. Quaedflieg, Karin Roelofs, Susanne R. de Rooij, Lars Schwabe, Tom Smeets, Victor I. Spoormaker, Marieke S. Tollenaar, Rayyan Tutunji, Anna Tyborowska, Christiaan Vinkers
Abstract
Our current understanding of the human stress response and its role in health, resilience, and (psycho)pathology stems largely from acute stress studies in controlled laboratory settings. Comparability of findings across these individual studies is comprised, as sample size are often small, between-individual variation in the stress response is large and variation in stress-induction procedures and measurement timing is substantial. To overcome this, 16 research groups across Europe have established the STRESS-EU database. A unique resource with individual participant data (n = 6576) of acute stress studies to promote data reuse and facilitate both meta-analytical and proof-of-principle analyses with high statistical power, that can be hypothesis- or data-driven. This short communication highlights the structure, content, access and contribution procedures and future plans of the STRESS-EU database and invited researchers worldwide to contribute to this data resource.