caa a22 4500 47573873X CHVBK 20180406123453.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005472320986 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005472320986 Life Event Exposure, Physiological Reactivity, and Psychological Strain [Elektronische Daten] [Keith Clements, Graham Turpin] The study tested the prediction that the experience of life events would be reflected in greater autonomic reactivity and that this might play a moderating role between reported stress and psychological symptoms. Eighty-seven undergraduates were screened with a life events scale and thirty-nine were allocated to three groups representing high, medium, and low life event scores. The General Health Questionnaire, Profile of Mood States, the Spielberger Trait Anxiety Scale, and the Marlowe-Crowne Scale were administered. Electrodermal activity and heart rate were recorded during an habituation series of tones and a digit-symbol substitution task. The groups differed both on the GHQ and the POMS and, also, in their physiological responses to the tones. Unexpectedly, the high life event group, compared to the other groups, appeared to display smaller physiological responses. The cognitive task resulted in elevated physiological activity but no consistent group differences. Cardiovascular reactivity moderated the relationship between life event scores and reported distress. These findings are discussed in relation to theories of psychophysiological adaptation to negative events. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 life events nationallicence heart rate nationallicence electrodermal activity nationallicence health nationallicence psychological well-being nationallicence Clements Keith Division of Psychology, University of Derby, Derby, UK aut Turpin Graham Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, S10 2TP, Sheffield, England aut Journal of Behavioral Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 23/1(2000-02-01), 73-94 0160-7715 23:1<73 2000 23 10865 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005472320986 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005472320986 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Clements Keith Division of Psychology, University of Derby, Derby, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Turpin Graham Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, S10 2TP, Sheffield, England aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Behavioral Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 23/1(2000-02-01), 73-94 0160-7715 23:1<73 2000 23 10865 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer