Trait self-focused attention, task difficulty, and effort-related cardiovascular reactivity

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-340

  Silvia, Paul J ^a   Jones, Hannah C ^a   Kelly, Casey S ^a   Zibaie, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Effort; Motivational intensity; Private self consciousness; Self focused attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF EVALUATION; SELF FOCUSED ATTENTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953059362     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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