Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-03, Section: B, page: 1477. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1978.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-03, Section: B, page: 1499. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1978.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-11, Section: B, page: 5589. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1978.

The ability to decode nonverbal emotional messages was investigated in right brain-damaged (RBD), left brain-damaged (LBD), and control group subjects. Dependent measures consisted of the Visual and Auditory Nonverbal Emotion Test (VANET), and two measures of more complex social situations which included the Expression Grouping and Cartoon Predictions tests. Results indicated that the RBD group scored significantly lower than the LBD and control group subjects on a composite score of the dependent measures. No significant differences were found between the LBD and control groups. No support was found for the lateralized hemispheric processing of positive and negative emotions. Research results did not support the findings of previous research which indicates that RBD patients score significantly lower than LBD patients in processing emotions of opposite polarity. The perception of nonverbal emotional facial displays and facial recognition were found to be separate abilities. Results of the current study support the superiority of the right hemisphere in processing more dynamic "life-like" visual and auditory nonverbal emotional messages. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-06, Section: B, page: 2388. / Major Professor: Wallace Kennedy. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.

The effectiveness of relaxation training, pulse wave velocity biofeedback plus relaxation, and blood pressure monitoring alone as methods of reducing cardiovascular reactivity to stressful stimuli was examined. A multivariate analysis of variance revealed no significant differences between the three groups in terms of their ability to reduce systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and pulse wave velocity reactivity from the pretest to the post-test period. For systolic blood pressure, the active treatment groups had decreases in initial reactivity of at least 5 mm Hg, while the control group only obtained a decrease of 0.64 mm Hg. All groups showed decreases in initial diastolic blood pressure and pulse wave velocity reactivity from the pretesting to the post-testing of at least five points. None of the groups showed increases in heart rate when the stressors were presented. / The relationship between life stressors, as measured by the College Schedule of Recent Experience, and the amount of reactivity experienced to induced stress was examined using Pearson Product Moment Correlations. The results failed to yield significant positive correlations between life stressors and reactivity experienced to induced stress. / The relationship between locus of control orientation and the two treatment groups' ability to gain physiological control over stressful stimuli was determined by using Pearson Product Moment Correlations. The results failed to show a consistent relationship between scores on the Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and success at gaining control over physiological responses. / The differences between Black and White subjects' reactivity to induced stress were examined. The multivariate analysis of variance failed to reveal significant differences between Blacks and Whites in terms of their manner of responding to induced stress. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-01, Section: B, page: 0238. / Major Professor: Jack G. May. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-11, Section: B, page: 5554. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1978.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-11, Section: B, page: 5558. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1978.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 40-02, Section: B, page: 0912. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1978.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 35-04, Section: B, page: 1908. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1974.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 35-07, Section: B, page: 3589. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1974.