Emotion self-regulation, psychophysiological coherence, and test anxiety: Results from an experiment using electrophysiological measures

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 261-283

  Bradley, Raymond Trevor ^a,b   McCraty, Rollin ^c   Atkinson, Mike ^c   Tomasino, Dana ^a   Daugherty, Alane ^d   Arguelles, Lourdes ^e  

^a Institute for Whole Social Science   (New Zealand)

^b Center for Advanced Research (CFAR)   (United States)

^c Institute of HeartMath   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Coherence; Emotion self regulation; Heart rate variability HRV; Psychophysiology; Student stress; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CONTROL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 79951722178     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-010-9134-x     Document Type: Article

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