Psychotherapy Participants Show Increased Physiological Responsiveness to a Lab Stressor Relative to Matched Controls

Psychotherapy Participants Show Increased Physiological Responsiveness to a Lab Stressor Relative to Matched Controls

Accumulating evidence indicates that psychotherapy participants show increased physiological responsiveness to stress. The purpose of the present study was to examine differences between individuals participating in outpatient psychotherapy and matched controls using an experimental design. Forty-tw...

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Main Authors: Patrick R Steffen, Louise eFidalgo, Dominic eSchmuck, Yoko eTsui, Tracy eBrown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Physiology
Psychotherapy
stress
reactivity
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00795/full

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