Seeing another person under stress - even when you're not involved in the situation - is enough to activate the stress hormone cortisol in your body as well, according to a new study.
In the study, conducted by German psychologists, people who were emotionally closest to each other, demonstrated the highest empathic stress response (Engert et al., 2014).
In the stress test, participants were given math tests and interviews which made 95% of participants stressed.
Those undergoing the tests were observed by both strangers and partners of those being stressed.
Overall, for 26% of the observers, the stress of the person they were watching was transmitted to them.
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Category(s):Stress Management
Source material from Psy Blog
