Specifics of emotional reaction in adolescents and young adults: a psychophysiological study

Autores/as

  • Gilberto Manuel Galindo Aldana Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
  • Manuel García Nuñez Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
  • Regina Machinskaya Instituto de Fisiología del Desarrollo, de la Academia de Educación Rusa.
  • Francisco Javier Galarza Del Ángel Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
  • Julieta Bonilla Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
  • Sandra Carina Fulquez Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
  • Yulia Solovieva Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Palabras clave:

Physiological-reaction, emotion, development, adolescence, self-regulation

Resumen

 

The passage from age to age depends on multiple cognitive and neurological developmental changes; for affective and social skills, adolescence has proven to be a critical age for making decision, the self-regulation, the monitoring and emotional-affective social analysis. The objective of the study was to compare emotional-affective response between adolescents and young adults. Methods: Subjects had to respond the Self Assessment Manikin (SAM) in a 5 option Likert type scale. Three different scales were presented: happy/unhappy, annoyed/excited, and controlled/in-control. Autonomic EKG, Skin Conductance, Temperature, and EMG response were measured. Results: No statistical differences were shown between age groups in autonomic reaction. The Behavioral response General Lineal Model (GLM) analysis showed significant difference in the subject’s responses to various situations, however non age differences were found. Data suggests a similar level of emotional valence recognition and autonomic reaction between adolescents and young adults. These findings can suggest similar autonomic reaction for both studied groups, which leads to the hypothesis about later development in affective processing in higher central nervous structures, but not for peripheral reaction.

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Gilberto Manuel Galindo Aldana, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

    Mexicali, Baja California, psychologist with Master degree in Neuropsychology, Diagnosis and Rehabilitation from the Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico, 2007, PhD in Health Sciences in actual course. Coordinator of the Laboratory of Neurosciences and Cognition in the Engineering and Business School, at Autonomous University of Baja California (Mexico).

  • Manuel García Nuñez, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

    Actual student of Psychology, collaborator of the Laboratory of Psychology at the School of Engeeniring and Business at the Autonomous University of Baja California (Mexico). 

  • Regina Machinskaya, Instituto de Fisiología del Desarrollo, de la Academia de Educación Rusa.

    Doctor of Sciences in Biology. PhD in Biology, dissertation “Electroencephalographic Studies of Functional Hemispheric Specialization in Deaf and Normal Humans”, graduated from Moscow State University, Psychology Department, Chair of Psychophysiology. Head of Laboratory of Neurophysiology of Cognitive Processes, Institute of Developmental Physiology, Russian Academy of Education (Moscow, Russia.

  • Francisco Javier Galarza Del Ángel, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

    Psychologist from the UABC, with Master degree in Special Education. Actual president of the College of Psychologists. Member of the Mexican Society of Psychology, Latin American Neuropsychology Society, and the American Psychological Association.

  • Julieta Bonilla, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

    Psychologist from the Autonomous University of Baja California (Mexico), with Master degree in Special Education. Member of the Mexican Society of Psychology, Latin American Neuropsychology Society, and the American Psychological Association

  • Sandra Carina Fulquez, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

    PhD in Psychological Research all made in college Universitat Ramon Llull (Barcelona, Spain). Clinical Psychologist
    devoted to emotional area, particularly the development of emotional intelligence skills. This topic has been awarded the prize for best international psychological research in 2010, an award given by the University of Guadalajara.He is currently full professor at the School of Business and Engineering, GPE. Victoria of the Autonomous University of Baja California (Mexico).

  • Yulia Solovieva, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

    Research Professor Full Time, Master Neuropsychological Diagnosis and Rehabilitation, School of Psychology, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico)

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Publicado

2013-05-27

Cómo citar

Aldana, G. M. G., Nuñez, M. G., Machinskaya, R., Del Ángel, F. J. G., Bonilla, J., Fulquez, S. C., & Solovieva, Y. (2013). Specifics of emotional reaction in adolescents and young adults: a psychophysiological study. Tesis Psicológica, 8(2). https://revistas.libertadores.edu.co/index.php/TesisPsicologica/article/view/340