The experience of psychosomatic symptoms in the hyperventilation provocation test and in non-hyperventilation tasks

End-tidal CO₂ was monitored in 16 nonpatient subjects during the performance of a continuous perceptual-motor task, once with and once without threat of aversive shock (counter-balanced), and during performance of the hyperventilation (HV) provocation test. Respiratory alkalosis (below 2.5% end-tidal CO₂) was produced by HV but not by the other treatments. Reports of task-related psychosomatic complaints were frequent with HV, but were also reported to some extent with the other treatments. It is concluded that psychosomatic complaints, often assumed to be associated with HV, were not specifically related to degree of hypocapnia. The constellation of seriousmindedness, perceived threat and negative hedonic tone appeared to interact with the drop in end-tidal CO₂. Our findings suggest a multifactorial model for understanding the experience of psychosomatic complaints.     

認識活动在神經衰弱治疗上的作用

从神經衰弱的病因和治疗的研究中表明:患者如何认識作用于自身的外界和內部因素,是神经衰弱发病和发展的一个主要关鍵。因此在治疗神經衰弱的时候,除了用药物或物理治疗来調整皮层神經动力障碍外,心理治疗是不可缺少的,它的主要任务是通过端     

六、七岁兒童数概念广度的实驗研究

目前我国小学教育工作中心任务之一乃是提高教学貭量。算术課程是小学的主要科目之一,一般說来,是儿童比較难于掌握的学习內容。而数概念的狹隘往往是学习算术中造成困难的主要原因。例如,編制1959年出版的小学一年級算术課本就曾提出100以內数概念能否为6、7岁的儿童所理解的問題。因此,对儿童掌握数概念的过程的研究,也就     

Attachment style and presence of a romantic partner as moderators of psychophysiological responses to a stressful laboratory situation

The effects of attachment style and presence of a romantic partner on psychophysiological responses to a stressful laboratory situation were examined in a sample of 34 college women involved in serious dating relationships. In two separate laboratory sessions, one with romantic partner present and one with partner absent, participants were led to anticipate a stressful situation. Heart rate and systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels were recorded during baseline and stress periods in each condition. Significant three-way interactions showed that both avoidant and anxious participants in the partner-present condition evinced elevated psychophysiological responses to the stressor (relative to baseline), in contrast to these groups in the partner-absent condition and secure and nonanxious participants in both conditions. Findings are compared to those of previous research on attachment-style differences in proximity-seeking behavior in a similar laboratory situation, and they are interpreted in terms of the approach-avoidance conflict experienced by insecure people when faced with a stressful situation in the presence of their romantic partners.     

APGA Members in Retirement and Their Advice to the Rest of Us

Retired and emeritus members of APGA answered a survey on their lives in retirement, their recommendations to APGA concerning activities for retired members, their suggestions for training programs in geriatric counseling, and their advice to younger counselors on planning for retirement. The results indicate most retired counselors are financially comfortable and continue to lead happy and productive lives in retirement. In their recommendations the counselors emphasized the need to remain active and stressed the importance of planning well in advance of actual retirement. They had many specific suggestions for APGA programming.