AUTONOMIC RESPONSIVITY OF SUBJECTS WITH BODY BOUNDARY DIFFERENCES DURING WHITE NOISE STIMULATION

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CLOETE, N
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[1] Dept. of Psychology, University of the North
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10.1016/0001-6918(79)90024-6
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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A white noise stimulus (85 dB) was used to investigate differences in heart rate (HR) and skin conductance (SC) responsivity of 32 male subjects. The subjects were divided into high and low body boundary (HB and LB) groups, according to Fisher's (1970) revised scoring system of Holtzman Inkblot responses. The hypothesis predicting a significantly larger HR response, that is resistant to habituation, for the LB group, was confirmed. The prediction that the HB group would reveal a larger SC amplitude response accompanied by a shorter recovery time, was supported for the latter. The results confirmed the hypothesis, based on behavioral observations, that the HB individual experiences stress less intensely than the LB person. It also points to individual differences as an important variable in evaluating noise as a stressor. © 1979.
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