Reactividad emocional en una fobia específica: diferencias y patrones de concordancia en el triple sistema de respuestas en función del género

• María Pilar Matud Aznar ^[1] ; Marisela López Curbelo ^[1] ; Pedro Benito Avero Delgado ^[1] ; Juan Manuel Bethencourt Pérez ^[1] ; A. Fernández-Valdés ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de La Laguna

     Universidad de La Laguna

     San Cristóbal de La Laguna, España

     
• Localización: Ansiedad y estrés, ISSN 1134-7937, Vol. 6, Nº 1, 2000, págs. 93-104
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Emotional reactivity in specific phobia: Gender differences and the three system of response patterns of concordance
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  • español

    En este trabajo presentamos un estudio de patrones de concordancia en función del género de las distintas respuestas implicadas en la reactividad emocional a una fobia específica a los animales, concretamente, fobia a las cucarachas. Aplicamos un procedimiento de exposición con distintos grados de cercanía al estímulo fóbico a una muestra de 39 mujeres y 24 varones fóbicos. Tras una fase de línea base y otra de anticipación se presentaron dos de exposición intercaladas por una fase de descanso y una última de recuperación, midiendo los efectos emocionales en distintas respuestas subjetivas, conductuales y fisiológicas. Los resultados indican que las mujeres no son globalmente más reactivas que los hombres, aunque mostraron algunas diferencias específicas de mayor reactividad a nivel conductual y subjetivo. Los análisis de correlaciones y chi-cuadrado apoyan la teoría de supresión de respuestas en los varones, ya que se encuentra una relación inversa entre las respuestas que pueden ser controladas voluntariamente (subjetivas y conductuales) y las involuntarias (fisiológicas).

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    This study deals with patterns of concordance between the different component of emotional reactivity in specific animal phobia, as a function of gender of participants (39 females and 24 males, who were phobic to cocroaches). An exposure procedure is used, in which the spatial proximity of the phobic stimulus with respect to the subject is manipulated. After a baseline and the anticipacion phase, the phobic stimuli were present, followed by a recovery phase. Subjetive, behavioral and physiological emotional responses were assessed across the different phases. Results indicated that female were not generally more reactive than males, though the former showed more reactivity than the latter in some specific behavioral and subjetive measures. In addition, there was an inverse relationship between controllable responses (subjetive and behavioral) and involuntary reponses for males, which supports the hypothesis that males intentionally inhibit emotional responses

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