Physiological and cognitive consequences of suppressing and expressing emotion in dyadic interactions

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-107

  Peters, Brett J ^a   Overall, Nickola C ^b   Jamieson, Jeremy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dyads; Emotion regulation; Psychophysiology; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTICIPATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONVERSATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION; EMOTIONAL SUPPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; THREAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMAN RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT; NORMAL HUMAN; VASOCONSTRICTION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907758066     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.07.015     Document Type: Article

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