Rethinking butterflies: The affective, physiological, and performance effects of reappraising arousal during social evaluation

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 761-768

  Beltzer, Miranda L ^a   Nock, Matthew K ^a   Peters, Brett J ^b   Jamieson, Jeremy P ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Psychophysiology; Reappraisal; Social anxiety; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME;

ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA LEVEL; SHAME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84905092062     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036326     Document Type: Article

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