Effects of gender of observer and fear of negative evaluation on cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress in college men

• Published in: International journal of psychophysiology Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 311 - 318
• Main Authors: Larkin, Kevin T, Ciano-Federoff, Lynda M, Hammel, Donia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier B.V 01.08.1998; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anatomical correlates of behavior; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Pressure - physiology; Cardiovascular reactivity; Cardiovascular System - physiopathology; Experimental context; Fear - physiology; Fear of negative evaluation; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gender; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; Male; Mental stress; Observation; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Sex Characteristics; Social Environment; Stress, Psychological - physiopathology; Stress, Psychological - psychology; Observation; Experimental context; Fear of negative evaluation; Gender; Cardiovascular reactivity; Mental stress; Context; Human; Affect affectivity; Evaluation; Arithmetics; Sex; Male; Emotion emotionality; Verbal production; Stress; Heart rate; Visual stimulus; Observer; Blood pressure; Hemodynamics

This study investigated the relation between mere observation, the gender of a confederate observer and cardiovascular reactivity to two laboratory challenges, a math task and verbal anagrams, in both individuals with high and low social fear (e.g. fear of negative evaluation). Forty-eight undergrad...