Manifest anxiety and the Palmar perspiration index.

Ad, Calvin; Fj, McGuigan; Soyars, M; Tyrrell, Susan M.

doi:10.1037/h0048104

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“…Recently, several studies have been reported where the relationship between physiological activity on one hand, and MAS scores and performance data on the other hand, has been investigated (Beam, 1955;Berry & Martin, 1957;Calvin, McGuigan, Tyrrell, & Soyars, 1956;Raphelson, 1957). The results of this study suggest that the failure to find significant correlation between physiological activity and MAS, and performance might be expressly due to the undependability of a single physiological measure as an indicator of general physiological activity.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 69%

Individual patterns of physiological activity as a function of task differences and degree of arousal.

Schnore¹

1959

Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Individual patterns of physiological activity as a function of task differences and degree of arousal.

Schnore¹

1959

Journal of Experimental Psychology

104

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“…In some instances the TMAS has been found to be significantly related to physiological measures, such as eyeblink conditioning (Spence & Taylor, 1966), conditioning of finger withdrawal reflex (Sloane, Davidson, & Payne, 1965), the Palmar Sweat Index during a verbal conditioning task (Haywood & Spielberger, 1966), conditioned heart rate accelerations (Du'be, 1966), and basal heart rate (Lehrer, 1969). However, most studies have found no relationship between the TMAS and autonomic measures (e.g., Beam, 1955;Bitterman & Holtzman, 1952;Bursten & Russ, 1965;Calvin, McGuigan, Tyrrell, & Soyars, 1956;Lewinsohn, 1956;McGuigan, Calvin, & Richardson, 1959;Sloane et al, 1965;Spelman, 1966).…”

Section: Methods Of Assessment Of Anxietymentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychophysiological effects of progressive relaxation in anxiety neurotic patients and of progressive relaxation and alpha feedback in nonpatients.

Lehrer¹

1978

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Ten anxiety neurotic patients were given four sessions of individual instruction in progressive relaxation, and 10 patients served as waiting list controls. Ten nonpatients were assigned to each of the same conditions, and an additional 10 nonpatients were given four sessions of alpha feedback. Nonpatients showed more psychophysiological habituation over sessions than patients in response to hearing five very loud tones and to a reaction time task. Patients, however, showed greater physiological response to relaxation than did nonpatients. After relaxation, the autonomic responses of the patients resembled those of the nonpatients. The effects of relaxation were more pronounced in measures of physiological reactivity than in measures of physiological activity. Defensive reflexes yielded to orienting reflexes more readily in nonpatients than in patients. There was also a tendency for progressive relaxation to generalize to autonomic functions more than alpha feedback.Progressive relaxation is one of the most venerable techniques of behavior therapy and one of the most investigated. Jacobson (1938) reviewed a number of the early case studies showing that progressive relaxation training produces extraordinarily low levels of muscle tension, and that patients suffering from a variety of psychological and psychosomatic disorders experience significant relief when they practice the technique. Gellhorn (1958) hypothesized that progressive relaxation reduces physiological reactivity through reduction in proprioceptive feedback from the muscles to the reticular system. However,

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“…Indeed, positive and substantial correlations were found in the six or so psychotherapy cases studied by Mowrer et al (9). Other investigators have reported zero (3,8) …”

Section: B Objective Techniques For Measuring Emotionalitymentioning

confidence: 94%