Children's skin conductance level and reactivity: Are these measures stable over time and across tasks?

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-186

  El Sheikh, Mona ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Electrodermal responses; Skin conductance; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PUBERTY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947535132     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20171     Document Type: Article

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