scholarly journals Gender Differences in Psychophysiological Responses to Speech Stress Among Older Social Phobics

2001 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 765-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Grossman ◽  
Frank H. Wilhelm ◽  
Ichiro Kawachi ◽  
David Sparrow
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uma Gupta ◽  
B. S. Gupta

AbstractThis study presents a comparative account of psychophysiological responses to music listening in healthy males and females. The stimulus material was a slow-paced taped rāga Desi-Todi on a flute. The participants listened to music for 30 minutes a day, for 20 days. Pre- and post-treatment procedure was adopted for assessments on psychophysiological measures. The study supports the following conclusions: (1) music listening produced significant decreases in the blood pressure (both systolic and diastolic) and heart rate of females, but had no significant effect in males; (2) music listening reduced stress, anxiety and depression, enhanced life satisfaction, optimism and hope, and was perceived as making life more meaningful in males and females; (3) the effects of music listening, that is, reduction in negative affect, enhancement of positive affect (except the ‘hope’ scores), and decrease in blood pressure and heart rate, were more intense in females than males.Keywords: music listening, gender differences, psychophysiological responses, negative affect, positive affect, blood pressure, heart rateFrenchDifférences en fonction du sexe des réactions psycho- physiologiques à l’écoute musicaleCette études présente un compte-rendu comparatif des réactions psycho- physiologiques à l’écoute musicale par des hommes et des femmes sains. Le matériel sonore de stimulation était l’enregistement d’un motif lent joué à la flute dans le style Raga (Desi-Todi). Les participants ont écouté cette musique à raison de 30 mn par jour pendant 20 jours. Une procédure a été adoptée pour évaluer les mesures psycho-physiologiques en pré et post-traitement. L’étude soutient les conclusions suivantes : (1) l’écoute musicale a produit une baisse significative de la pression artérielle (diastolique et systolique) et de la fréquence cardiaque chez les femmes, mais n’a pas eu d’effet significatif chez les hommes; (2) l’écoute musicale a réduit le stress, l’anxiété et la dépression, amélioré le sentiment de satisfaction, d’optimisme et d’espérance, et a été perçue comme rendant la vie plus riche de sens chez l’homme et la femme; (3) les effets de l’écoute musicale, c’est-à-dire la réduction des effects négatifs, l’amélioration des effets positifs (à l’exception des résultats concernant l’espérance), et la diminution de la pression sanguine et de la fréquence cardiaque étaient plus intenses chez les femmes que chez les hommes.Mots clés :écoute musicale, différence sexuelle, réactions psycho-physiologiques, effet négatif, effet positif, pression artérielle, fréquence cardiaque


2022 ◽  
Vol 189 ◽  
pp. 108602
Author(s):  
Ali Mohammad Abbasi ◽  
Ebrahim Darvishi ◽  
Matilde A. Rodrigues ◽  
Kourosh Sayehmiri

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
C ZUGCK ◽  
A FLUEGEL ◽  
L FRANKENSTEIN ◽  
M NELLES ◽  
M HAASS ◽  
...  

VASA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstanze Stoberock ◽  
Tilo Kölbel ◽  
Gülsen Atlihan ◽  
Eike Sebastian Debus ◽  
Nikolaos Tsilimparis ◽  
...  

Abstract. This article analyses if and to what extent gender differences exist in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) therapy. For this purpose Medline (PubMed) was searched from January 1999 to January 2018. Keywords were: “abdominal aortic aneurysm”, “gender”, “prevalence”, “EVAR”, and “open surgery of abdominal aortic aneurysm”. Regardless of open or endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms, women have a higher rate of complications and longer hospitalizations compared to men. The majority of studies showed that women have a lower survival rate for surgical and endovascular treatment of abdominal aneurysms after both elective and emergency interventions. Women receive less surgical/interventional and protective medical treatment. Women seem to have a higher risk of rupture, a lower survival rate in AAA, and a higher rate of complications, regardless of endovascular or open treatment. The gender differences may be due to a higher age of women at diagnosis and therapy associated with higher comorbidity, but also because of genetic, hormonal, anatomical, biological, and socio-cultural differences. Strategies for treatment in female patients must be further defined to optimize outcome.


2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra J. E. Langeslag ◽  
Jan W. Van Strien

It has been suggested that emotion regulation improves with aging. Here, we investigated age differences in emotion regulation by studying modulation of the late positive potential (LPP) by emotion regulation instructions. The electroencephalogram of younger (18–26 years) and older (60–77 years) adults was recorded while they viewed neutral, unpleasant, and pleasant pictures and while they were instructed to increase or decrease the feelings that the emotional pictures elicited. The LPP was enhanced when participants were instructed to increase their emotions. No age differences were observed in this emotion regulation effect, suggesting that emotion regulation abilities are unaffected by aging. This contradicts studies that measured emotion regulation by self-report, yet accords with studies that measured emotion regulation by means of facial expressions or psychophysiological responses. More research is needed to resolve the apparent discrepancy between subjective self-report and objective psychophysiological measures.


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