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Relationship between sympathovagal tone and personality traits

E. Schweiger, W. WittlingCorresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, S. Genzel and A. Block

Department of Physiological and Clinical Psychology, Catholic University of Eichstaett, D-85071, Eichstaett, Germany

Received 27 August 1997.
Available online 15 September 1998.

Results of two-factor ANOVAs revealed substantial differences in personality characteristics depending on the level of sympathetic and parasympathetic tone respectively.
Correlational analysis showed remarkable relationships between sympathetic tone and some prominent personality traits. By introducing one of these personality traits (anxiety) as a covariate into two-factor ANCOVAs the originally obtained results were markedly altered.

PERSONALITY, AFFECT, AND CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE

Symposium 10
PERSONALITY, AFFECT, AND CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE: EVIDENCE FOR MOTIVATIONAL GAINS AND DEFICITS
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