Skin conductance responses as predictor of emotional responses to stressful life events

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2456-2463

  Najström, Mats ^a   Jansson, Billy ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emotional vulnerability; Preferential preattentive processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POLICE; PREDICTION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; POLICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS;

EID: 34548503375     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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