Verbal-autonomic response dissociations as traits?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-221

  Schwerdtfeger, Andreas ^a   Schmukle, Stefan C ^b   Egloff, Boris ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross situational consistency; Heart rate; Longterm stability; Repressive coping; Skin conductance; Verbal autonomic response dissociations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH; STANDARDIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; TORTURE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33645009070     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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