GENDER AND AGE CORRELATES OF ADULTS HEART-RATE REACTIVITY TO A BRIEF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSOR - IMPLICATIONS FOR AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Authors
SHARPLEY CF SCUDERI CS
Citation
Cf. Sharpley et Cs. Scuderi, GENDER AND AGE CORRELATES OF ADULTS HEART-RATE REACTIVITY TO A BRIEF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSOR - IMPLICATIONS FOR AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, Australian psychologist, 29(1), 1994, pp. 41-44
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Australian psychologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00050067
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
41 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-0067(1994)29:1<41:GAACOA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Heart rate reactivity to a 2-min mental arithmetic stressor was invest igated with a sample of 224 subjects drawn from both sexes and ranging in age from 17 to 63. Effects of gender and age were examined, with d ata indicating some significant gender and age interactions. Additiona lly, discrepancies between USA and European data compared to those gat hered here suggest that local norms need to be developed for reliable comparison of Australian individuals' heart rate reactivity. Implicati ons for classification of clients and subjects by reference to these d ata are discussed.