The effect of reading Persian text written with English letters (FINGLISH) on salivary cortisol in high school female students

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 psychologyDepartment, Payame Noor University ,Tehran,Iran

2 Associate professor, Payam Noor University

3 A. M. of psychology, Payam Noor University

d-2-2-92-4-8

Abstract

Today Persian users of mobile, computers and the Internet write their own
Persian texts with Latin letters named "Finglish" to facilitate their writings.
The present study investigated this hypothesis that reading Persian texts
written with English letters (FINGLISH) affects stress inducing that
activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and increased secretion of
cortisol in saliva. 40 high school student candidates from 5 area Education
of Tehran were selected and were randomly assigned to two groups
(Experimental and Control). Experimental group read Finglish text and
normal control group read Persian text. Their saliva samples were collected
in three stages, before, immediately after and 15 minutes after reading
Finglish and Persian texts. Salivary cortisol levels were measured by ELISA
in the laboratory. Salivary cortisol secretion rates in the experimental group
increased significantly (P<0.05) than the control group in different stages.
Data analysis showed that reading Persian text written in Latin letters,
creating the effect of stress on salivary cortisol secretion in high school girl
students.

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