Perceptions of control over work: Psychophysiological responses to self-paced and externally-paced tasks in an adult population sample

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-220

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Evans, Olga ^a   Fieldman, George ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Control; Work pace; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRAWING; ERROR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PRESSORECEPTORS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORK;

EID: 0030973768     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(96)00747-7     Document Type: Article

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