Anticipatory Threat and Physical Danger Trait Anxiety: A Single-Detection Analysis of Effects on Automatic Responding.

LeFave, Michael Keith; Neufeld, Richard W.J.

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Publication Date: 1980-Sep

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Anticipatory Threat and Physical Danger Trait Anxiety: A Single-Detection Analysis of Effects on Automatic Responding.

LeFave, Michael Keith; Neufeld, Richard W.J.

Journal of Research in Personality, v14 n3 p283-306 Sep 1980

Signal-Detection theory was applied to analysis of automatic data. In one experiment, anxiety surrounding auditory signals was induced; in the other, signals were administered to a psychometrically anxious group. Subjects in both experiments had enhanced automatic activity. (Author/CS)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Anxiety, Auditory Stimuli, Laboratory Experiments, Psychophysiology, Responses

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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