Individual Differences in Arousability: Implications for Understanding Immediate and Lingering Emotional Reactions to Frightening Mass Media.

Sparks, Glenn G.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ474149

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Individual Differences in Arousability: Implications for Understanding Immediate and Lingering Emotional Reactions to Frightening Mass Media.

Sparks, Glenn G.; And Others

Communication Quarterly, v41 n4 p465-76 Fall 1993

Investigates the relationship between individual differences in "arousability" and the tendency for college students to report enduring negative reactions from exposure to frightening media. Finds that arousability was related to both enduring and immediate fright reactions. Notes that physiological indicators were associated with arousability for males but not for females. (RS)

Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Communication Research, Emotional Response, Fear, Higher Education, Mass Media Effects, Media Research, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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