Gonzalez-Bono Esperanza, Moya-Albiol Luis, Salvador Alicia, Carrillo Eduvigis, Ricarte Jorge, Gomez-Amor Jesus
Departamento de Psicobiología y Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Valencia, Area de Psicobiología, Apartado 22109, Valencia, Spain.
Biol Psychol. 2002;60(1):37-49. doi: 10.1016/s0301-0511(02)00008-x.
The aim of this research was to study anticipatory autonomic responses their relationship to trait anxiety. Twenty-three women prepared an evaluated speech (S-condition) and 22 women an evaluated essay (W-condition). Heart rate (HR), finger pulse volume (FPV) and skin conductance were recorded before, during and after preparation of the task and during task performance; state-anxiety was evaluated before and after the task. In the total sample, state-anxiety was higher in the S- than in W-condition and this anxiety increase was accompanied by FPV reductions. However, when the sample was split according to trait anxiety scores, HR during preparation and increases of state-anxiety were greater in S- than W-condition in only in high-anxious women. Results suggest that specificity of anticipatory HR response to a public speaking task in women is moderated by cognitive anxiety.
本研究的目的是研究预期自主反应及其与特质焦虑的关系。23名女性准备并评估一篇演讲稿（S组），22名女性准备并评估一篇论文（W组）。在任务准备前、准备期间、准备后以及任务执行期间记录心率（HR）、手指脉搏容积（FPV）和皮肤电导率；在任务前后评估状态焦虑。在总样本中，S组的状态焦虑高于W组，并且这种焦虑增加伴随着FPV降低。然而，当根据特质焦虑得分对样本进行划分时，只有在高焦虑女性中，准备期间的HR以及状态焦虑的增加在S组中比W组更大。结果表明，女性对公众演讲任务的预期HR反应的特异性受认知焦虑的调节。
