Physiological stress reactions in 6th and 9th graders during test performance

Stress and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-195

  Lindblad, Frank ^a,b   Lindahl, Mats ^c   Theorell, Töres ^a,b   von Scheele, Bo ^d,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Center for Stress Medicine   (Sweden)

^e PBM Stress Medicine Systems AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Oxygen saturation; Peripheral vasoconstriction; Stress; Test performance

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RANDOMIZATION; READING; REGISTRATION; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STUDENT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33748510822     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1097     Document Type: Article

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