Key result
Intensity of stress was a more important determiner of physiological levels of autonomic activation than subjective and objective measures of personality and emotionality.
Observational
The intensity of a stressor is a more important determinant of physiological autonomic reactivity than subjective or objective measures of personality.
Stress intensity may warrant greater clinical attention than personality traits; leaves open prospective validation of autonomic reactivity.
Several variables shown in past studies to be important determines of autonomic activation in humans are re-examined in 2 test situations spaced 1 year apart. There is considerable individual variation in responsivity not explicible in terms of the variables studied. However, nearly all subjects exhibited in at least one autonomic system levels of reactivity paralleling the presume stress effects of different conditions of stimulation. Subjective and objective measures of personality and emotionally appear to be less important determiners of physiological levels than the intensity of stress. A new method of scaling autonomic responses is outlined.
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Dykman et al. (1963) conducted an observational in Physiological reactivity to stress. Different stressors was evaluated on Autonomic activation and physiological levels of reactivity. Intensity of stress was a more important determiner of physiological levels of autonomic activation than subjective and objective measures of personality and emotionality.
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