Interaction among five psychophysiological variables and a psychosoma inventory, the EPI, SEA, JAS and MMPI-HO under a cognitive and perceptual-motor stressor.
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Title
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Interaction among five psychophysiological variables and a psychosoma inventory, the EPI, SEA, JAS and MMPI-HO under a cognitive and perceptual-motor stressor.
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Identifier
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AAI9130314
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identifier
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9130314
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Creator
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Fox, Mary Claire.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Robert Fried
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Date
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1991
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Physiological | Psychology, Psychobiology | Psychology, Personality
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Abstract
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This study was designed to evaluate the interaction of psychophysiology and personality under performance of two psychological stressors. The study was conducted in two parts. The first study took baseline psychophysiological measures of twenty-six women and twenty-six men, all normal, age seventeen to forty-nine. The psychophysiological measures were respiration rate, end-tidal carbon dioxide, blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature. Subjects also completed a checklist which inventoried their psychosomatic complaints. Personality was assessed by the Neuroticism and Extraversion scales of the Eysenck Personality Inventory and Braithwaite's Scale of Emotional Arousability. The Scale of Emotional Arousability had a positive correlation with the psychosoma inventory and the Neuroticism scale of the Eysenck Personality Inventory. The psychosoma inventory also had a positive correlation with respiration rate. The second study added two personality instruments, the Jenkins Activity Survey and the Hostility Scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. In this study 12 women and 12 men, all normal, age 18-38 were administered all of the personality instruments and the psychosoma inventory, which now also measured intensity of symptom as well as frequency. Their psychophysiological responses were evaluated at baseline, and under a cognitive and a perceptual-motor stressor. Several significant relationships were found. The most striking trends were found in relation to the Scale of Emotional Arousability and respiration variables. The Scale of Emotional Arousability appeared to be the strongest predictor of psychophysiological response among the personality instruments used. Braithwaite's scale correlated in multiple regression with cognitive psychophysiological response. The scale also correlated with end-tidal carbon dioxide at baseline. Respiration variables also appeared to be the strongest indicator of arousal. The respiration findings of Fried, Grossman and others are discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy Restricted.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.