APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
The Role of Psychological Flexibility in Physiological Stress and Anxiety
- Sarah-Nicole Bostan
Alliant International University- California School of Professional Psychology - Natasha Nemanim
Alliant International University- California School of Professional Psychology - Richard Gevirtz
Alliant International University- California School of Professional Psychology
Abstract
This study investigates the role of psychological flexibility, specifically mindful awareness, acceptance, and avoidance, in perceived anxiety (state and trait) and autonomic stress reactivity due to a mild cognitive stress task, as measured by heart rate variability, skin conductance, and temperature, in healthy college students.
Stress