Effects of a firm purpose in life on anxiety and sympathetic nervous activity caused by emotional stress: Assessment by psycho-physiological method

Stress and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-281

  Ishida, Riichiro ^a,b   Okada, Masahiko ^b  

^a Ajikata Elementary School   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Existentialism; Heart rate variability; Roller coaster video; Test sheets; Youth and adulthood experiences

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33750495129     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1095     Document Type: Article

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