Cardiac Vagal Tone, defensiveness, and motivational style

Biological Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-162

  Movius, Hallam L ^a   Allen, John J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensiveness; Marlowe Crowne; RSA; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STRESS; VAGUS TONE;

ANXIETY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 4644282792     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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