Interoceptive awareness, anxiety and cardiovascular reactivity to isometric exercise

The present study was designed to investigate the relation between cardiovascular reactivity, trait anxiety and the interoceptive awareness. Eighteen male subjects underwent a heartbeat perception task and performed an isometric handgrip exercise. Subjects with high reactivity showed a higher degree...

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Published in:International journal of psychophysiology 2007-08, Vol.65 (2), p.167-173
Main Authors: Pollatos, Olga, Herbert, Beate M., Kaufmann, Christian, Auer, Dorothee P., Schandry, Rainer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Anxiety
Anxiety - physiopathology
Anxiety - rehabilitation
Area Under Curve
Awareness - physiology
Behavioral psychophysiology
Biological and medical sciences
Blood pressure
Blood Pressure - physiology
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Cardiovascular reactivity
Exercise
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hand Strength - physiology
Handgrip
Heart Rate
Humans
Interoceptive awareness
Male
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sympathetic nervous system
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Summary:The present study was designed to investigate the relation between cardiovascular reactivity, trait anxiety and the interoceptive awareness. Eighteen male subjects underwent a heartbeat perception task and performed an isometric handgrip exercise. Subjects with high reactivity showed a higher degree of interoceptive awareness and trait anxiety suggesting that a habitually increased sympathetic outflow might be one variable contributing to the establishment of high interoceptive awareness and trait anxiety.
ISSN:0167-8760
1872-7697
DOI:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.03.005