The time line of threat processing and vagal withdrawal in response to a self-threatening stressor in cognitive avoidant copers: Evidence for vigilance-avoidance theory

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 786-795

  Schwerdtfeger, Andreas ^a   Derakshan, Nazanin ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive avoidant coping; Heart rate variability; Repressive coping; Spatial cueing task; Vigilance avoidance theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953418477     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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