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Levels of Emotional Awareness: A psychophysiological investigation

Langlois, Carolyn M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253561949

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2009, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Psychology.
The study of emotion has received a lot of attention from the scientific community. Several models of emotion and its associated processes have been proposed. One of particular interest is the model of “levels of emotional awareness.” This model suggests that the ability to identify and describe emotion in oneself and others is a cognitive skill that develops in stages over time. The current study sought to investigate the relationship between the psychophysiological system and the “levels of emotional awareness” model. Influence of gender on this relationship was also examined. Psychophysiological measures were obtained using electromyography (EMG), skin conductance response (SCR), and electrocardiography (ECG) as participants viewed high and low arousal pleasant, high and low arousal unpleasant and neutral International Affective Picture System (IAPS) images. Baseline ECG recordings were obtained before and after image viewing. Individual emotional awareness levels were assessed using the LEAS. Differences by sex were observed for EMG and both experimental and baseline ECG. Phasic heart rate response data, measured by ECG, revealed significant associations with LEAS scores that interacted with both sex and image valence. In contrast, EMG and SCR data revealed no associations with LEAS scores.
Julian Thayer, PhD (Advisor)
Jennifer Cheavens, PhD (Committee Member)
John Sollers, PhD (Committee Member)
Psychology
HRV; LEAS; Levels of Emotional Awareness; Heart Rate Variability

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  • Langlois, C. M. (2009). Levels of Emotional Awareness: A psychophysiological investigation [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253561949

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Langlois, Carolyn. Levels of Emotional Awareness: A psychophysiological investigation. 2009. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253561949.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Langlois, Carolyn. "Levels of Emotional Awareness: A psychophysiological investigation." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253561949

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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