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Physiological emotional under-arousal in individuals with mild head injury.
- Source :
- Brain Injury; Jan2014, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p51-65, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Primary objectives: This study examined the potential emotional sequelae following self-reported mild head injury (MHI; e.g. 'altered state of consciousness' [ASC]) in university students with a particular focus on arousal status and responsivity to experimental manipulation of arousal. Research design: A quasi-experimental design ( n = 91) was used to examine arousal status (self-reported and physiological indices) and response to manipulated arousal (i.e. induced psychosocial stress/activation; reduced activation/relaxation) between persons who acknowledged prior MHI and persons with no-MHI. Main outcome and results: University students who self-reported MHI were physiologically under-aroused and less responsive to stressors (both laboratory and environmental) compared to their no-MHI cohort. Those with reported loss of consciousness demonstrated the most attenuated emotional arousal responses (i.e. flattened electrodermal responsivity) relative to those with only a reported ASC, followed by those with no-MHI. Conclusions: The under-arousal in traumatic brain injury has been hypothesized to be associated with ventromedial prefrontal cortex disruption. This under-arousal may be mirrored in persons who self-report experiencing subtle head trauma. Students who reported MHI may be less able to physiologically respond and/or cognitively appraise stressful experiences as compared to their no-MHI cohort; and experience subtle persistent consequences despite the subtle nature of the reported head trauma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
AROUSAL (Physiology)
BRAIN injuries
CHI-squared test
COLLEGE students
COMPARATIVE studies
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests
RESEARCH methodology
MEMORY
MIND & body therapies
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RELAXATION for health
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SELF-evaluation
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
SEVERITY of illness index
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02699052
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Brain Injury
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 92968765
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2013.857787