Acute autonomic effects of experimental worry and cognitive problem solving: Why worry about worry?

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-453

  Verkuil, Bart ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^a   Borkovec, Thomas D ^b   Thayer, Julian F ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Experiment; Heart rate variability; Problem solving; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649540052     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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