Does Depression Interfere With Effort Mobilization? Effects of Dysphoria and Task Difficulty on Cardiovascular Response

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 146-157

  Brinkmann, Kerstin ^a   Gendolla, Guido H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cardiovascular reactivity; depression; dysphoria; effort mobilization; motivational deficit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEPRESSION; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 38649118834     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.1.146     Document Type: Article

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