RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND SELF-REPORTED STRESSFUL RESPONSE AND PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 50 (2) , 463-466
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1980.50.2.463
Abstract
A revised version of the Autonomic Perception Questionnaire (APQ) was administered to 359 psychology students and the highest and lowest scoring (12.5%) males and females (88) of this group were selected to participate in 2 experiments. In experiment 1, skin conductance, muscle tension, respiratory rate and heart rate were recorded prior to and during presentation of neutral and stressful visual stimuli. In experiment 2, the same indices were recorded and the same procedure was used. Participants were instructed to rate physiological reactivity to the stimuli. A medical history questionnaire was mailed to each participant 1 wk after completing the experiments. This version of the APQ was predictive only of responsivity of skin conductance to stressful stimuli.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Autonomic feedback: A correlational study1Journal of Personality, 1958