Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) and vulnerability to stress: A preliminary study on electrodermal activity during stress

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 246, Issue , 2016, Pages 166-172

  Giromini, Luciano ^a   Ando', Agata ^a   Morese, Rosalba ^a   Salatino, Adriana ^a   Di Girolamo, Marzia ^a   Viglione, Donald J ^b   Zennaro, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodermal activity; R PAS; Rorschach; Skin conductance; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RORSCHACH PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RORSCHACH TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RORSCHACH TEST; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989909588     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.09.036     Document Type: Article

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