Differential relationship of recent self-reported stress and acute anxiety with divided attention performance

Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-319

  Petrac, D C ^a   Bedwell, J S ^a   Renk, K ^a   Orem, D M ^a   Sims, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Continuous performance test; Divided attention; Executive functioning; Perceived stress scale; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIVIDED ATTENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 70549111245     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253890802380714     Document Type: Article

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