Appropriate garnering of the stress response in anticipation of this social challenge would be expected based on previous data.8, 13,50 In the current study, this was observed only after the intervention, possibly because of intervention - induced changes in cognitive appraisal, including the
value placed on peer interactions, attention to instructions
about the peer entry
task, self - assessment of skills to be used during the pending
task, and emotion and behavior regulation during the stimulus presentation.