An inverted U-shaped relationship between chronic stress and the motivation to expend effort for reward.

Neurobiol Stress · 2025 · PMC12001137 · PMID 40242327

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.085so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

While the correlation between biological sex and ΔRewP did not reach statistical significance, a marginal correlation was observed ( r = −0.19, p = 0.085).

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marginally significantno p-value reported

Additionally, correlation analyses revealed significant or marginally significant correlations between biological sex and the dependent variables.

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