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PERSONALITY AND AROUSAL CORRELATES OF SPECIFIC GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSES
Author(s) -
Roessler Robert,
Burch Neil R.,
Childers Harold E.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1966.tb02688.x
Subject(s) - psychology , skin conductance , arousal , personality , big five personality traits , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , biomedical engineering
Basal skin resistance (BSR) and galvanic skin responses (GSR) to five intensities of sound and light were recorded on four occasions in 32 student subjects ( S s). These occasions were assumed to include unfamiliarity and basal and real life stress conditions. All S s completed the MMPI, California Personality Inventory, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Clyde Mood Scale and Examination Anxiety Scale. GSR amplitude was greater under conditions of unfamiliarity, alertness (by electroencephalographic criteria), and higher intensities of stimulation in both stimulus modalities. It was not greater during the presumed stress period. High ego strength‐high Barrier score S s showed a greater GSR amplitude than low ego strength‐low Barrier S s. Test indices of anxiety generally were not related to GSR amplitude, nor were other personality and mood variables.