Threatened by the Unexpected: Physiological Responses During Social Interactions With Expectancy-Violating Partners

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 698-716

  Mendes, Wendy Berry ^a   Blascovich, Jim ^b   Hunter, Sarah B ^c   Lickel, Brian ^d   Jost, John T ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular reactivity; challenge and threat; expectancy violations; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34249660598     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.4.698     Document Type: Article

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