Gender differences in cardiovascular and electrodermal responses to public speaking task: the role of anxiety and mood states

E Carrillo, L Moya-Albiol, E Gonzalez-Bono…�- International Journal of�…, 2001 - Elsevier
Gender moderates psychophysiological responses to stress. In addition to the hormonal
background, different psychological states related to social stressors, such as anxiety and
mood, could affect this response. The purpose of this study was to examine the existence of
gender differences in the cardiovascular and electrodermal responses to a speech task and
their relationship with anxiety and the mood variations experienced. For this, non-specific
skin conductance responses (NSRs), heart rate (HR), and finger pulse volume (FPV) were�…