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An Effect of Posture on Anticipatory Anxiety

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dc.contributor.authorLipnicki, Darren
dc.contributor.authorByrne, Donald
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:33:56Z
dc.date.available2015-12-08T22:33:56Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.updated2015-12-08T09:39:13Z
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the effects of body posture on state anxiety and psychological stress. Twenty normal adults performed a demanding mental arithmetic task in both standing and supine conditions, with subjective measures of anxiety and stress obtained before, immediately, and 10 min after the task. Participants were found to experience anticipatory anxiety when standing, although not when supine. The mechanism underlying this effect remains to be determined, although it could involve a postural difference in baroreceptor load.
dc.identifier.issn0020-7454
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/34854
dc.publisherInforma Healthcare
dc.sourceInternational Journal of Neuroscience
dc.subjectKeywords: adult; anticipatory anxiety; arithmetic; article; body posture; clinical article; controlled study; female; heart rate; human; male; mental stress; pressoreceptor; standing; supine position; Adolescent; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Anxiety; Female; Heart Anxiety; Baroreceptors; Posture; Psychological stress; Standing; Supine
dc.titleAn Effect of Posture on Anticipatory Anxiety
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage237
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage227
local.contributor.affiliationLipnicki, Darren, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationByrne, Donald, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidLipnicki, Darren, u4004596
local.contributor.authoruidByrne, Donald, u7501291
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor170106 - Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9312950xPUB117
local.identifier.citationvolume118
local.identifier.doi10.1080/00207450701750463
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-38349156497
local.identifier.thomsonID000252519900003
local.type.statusPublished Version

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