The aim of this research was to study anticipatory autonomic responses their relationship to trait anxiety. Twenty-three women prepared an evaluated speech (S-condition) and 22 women an evaluated essay (W-condition). Heart rate (HR), finger pulse volume (FPV) and skin conductance were recorded before, during and after preparation of the task and during task performance; state-anxiety was evalua...

this article endeavors to analyze how feminine language hasbeen represented and subordinated in the renaissance. a survey of differentdiscourses during this period delineates the anxiety and fear of therenaissance man from woman's language. this anxiety is entrenched in thewestern and christian narratives and myths. analyzing the renaissance culturethrough surveying some penal devices for ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the existence of depression and/or anxiety with underlying risk factors among parents of children with classical phenylketonuria (PKU). METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Division of Pediatric Metabolism, Ankara Children`s Hospital, Dokuz Eylul University, Kirikkale University, and Erzurum Local Research Hospital, Turkey, between January and July ...

OBJECTIVES The relationship between anxiety and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has not been well studied. We evaluated the factors associated with anxiety and whether anxiety is related to quality of life (QoL) independently of depression in OSA patients. METHODS Data were collected from adults with newly diagnosed, untreated OSA. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State Scale (STAI-S), the Bec...

Purpose: To analyze the relationships between state (S) and trait (T) anxiety functional outcome measure performance in patients following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) receiving physical therapy (PT). Methods: Nineteen (62.7±9.9 years) who recently underwent TKA completed testing post-TKA at discharge that included modified Lower Extremity Functional Scale (mLEFS), Numeric Pain Rating (NPRS), ...

a:4:{s:10:"Background";s:431:"Parental anxiety while waiting for the results of amniocentesis has been investigated by many authors. It seems that the implementation of faster techniques such as fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) will have some benefits in reducing this anxiety. Besides the patients' attitudes to choosing this method, gynecologists who are the persons responsible for tre...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze how mood and anxiety level are related to the functional genetic polymorphism in the promoter region of SLC6A4 (5-HTTLPR) and the 30-bp VNTR polymorphism in the MAO A promoter region. METHODS The study involved 272 postmenopausal women from Poland. The authors employed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for measuring levels of anxiety, the Mood Ad...

This study investigated the effects of virtual reality training on music performance anxiety. Seventeen music students were randomly assigned to a control group (n=8) or a virtual training group (n=9). Participants were asked to play a musical piece by memory in two recitals at three weeks interval. The anxiety was then measured with the Personal Report of Confidence as a Performer (PRCP), the ...