Skin conductance rises in preparation and recovery to psychosocial stress and its relationship with impulsivity and testosterone in intimate partner violence perpetrators

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-333

  Romero Martinez A ^a   Lila, M ^a   Williams, R K ^b   Gonzalez Bono E ^a   Moya Albiol, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Anger expression; Impulsivity; Intimate partner violence; Skin conductance; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL STRESS; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

ACUTE STRESS; ANGER EXPRESSION; IMPULSIVITY; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84887603604     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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