Relationship between emotions and some aspects of respiratory activity: morphology of the chest, cyclic activity, and acid-base balance.
The relationship between the style of affective-emotional management measured on the Gottschalk test and respiratory activity of 19 undergraduate students in psychology was examined. The biological measurements were tonic-static attitudes of the chest (morphology), amplitude and duration of the phases of the respiratory activity, and acid-base balance. Statistically significant correlations were observed between affectivity (hostility and anxiety) and some biological scores. A psychophysiological model integrating biological and psychological levels was discussed.
D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010507:Periodicity; D012119:Respiration; D013909:Thorax / Q000033:anatomy & histology