Self-focus and task difficulty effects on effort-related cardiovascular reactivity

Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 653-662

  Gendolla, Guido H E ^a   Richter, Michael ^a   Silvia, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Active coping; Cardiovascular reactivity; Motivation; Self focus; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 45149100167     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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