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Locus of control and vasomotor response to sensory processing.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Williams, RB; Poon, LW; Burdette, LJ
Published in: Psychosom Med
1977

Heart rate and forearm blood flow responses were measured during experimental tasks requiring sensory intake, sensory rejection, and a mixture of the two behaviors. Subjects were 29 college students who had been categorized using Rotter's locus of control scale. Significant increases in both cardiovascular indices were seen in all three tasks; the responses were smaller, however, during sensory intake. Internals showed a differential response of forearm blood flow. In contrast, externals showed a similar vasodiatation across all tasks. The findings indicate that some of the variability in cariovascular response to sensory processing may be explained by individual differences in personality charcteristics related to subjects' perferred level of involvement in differing sensory processing behaviors.

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Psychosom Med

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ISSN

0033-3174

Publication Date

1977

Volume

39

Issue

2

Start / End Page

127 / 133

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Vasomotor System
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Psychiatry
  • Personality
  • Male
  • Internal-External Control
  • Humans
  • Heart Rate
  • Forearm
 

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Williams, R. B., Poon, L. W., & Burdette, L. J. (1977). Locus of control and vasomotor response to sensory processing. Psychosom Med, 39(2), 127–133. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006842-197703000-00007
Williams, R. B., L. W. Poon, and L. J. Burdette. “Locus of control and vasomotor response to sensory processing.Psychosom Med 39, no. 2 (1977): 127–33. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006842-197703000-00007.
Williams RB, Poon LW, Burdette LJ. Locus of control and vasomotor response to sensory processing. Psychosom Med. 1977;39(2):127–33.
Williams, R. B., et al. “Locus of control and vasomotor response to sensory processing.Psychosom Med, vol. 39, no. 2, 1977, pp. 127–33. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00006842-197703000-00007.
Williams RB, Poon LW, Burdette LJ. Locus of control and vasomotor response to sensory processing. Psychosom Med. 1977;39(2):127–133.

Published In

Psychosom Med

DOI

ISSN

0033-3174

Publication Date

1977

Volume

39

Issue

2

Start / End Page

127 / 133

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Vasomotor System
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Psychiatry
  • Personality
  • Male
  • Internal-External Control
  • Humans
  • Heart Rate
  • Forearm