Table 1.
Mean heart rate values and STAI scores.
Baseline | Anticipation | Speech | Recovery | ||
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Heart Rate | Reappraisal | 73.80 (12.40) | 75.62 (12.41) | 84.44 (13.35) | 73.19 (13.19) |
Suppression | 77.34 (14.46) | 81.51 (15.26) | 89.79 (16.06) | 77.27 (16.19) | |
Acceptance | 78.40 (11.71) | 80.41 (12.08) | 88.60 (11.69) | 77.48 (11.83) | |
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STAI | Reappraisal | 12.44 (3.41) | 15.36 (4.53) | 16.94 (5.03) | 12.47 (3.79) |
Suppression | 12..48 (3.42) | 16.69 (4.84) | 19.45 (6.05) | 14.09 (4.30) | |
Acceptance | 13.86 (4.35) | 17.98 (4.88) | 19.29 (5.00) | 14.40 (4.39) |
Note: The table shows mean heart rate values (beats per minute) and STAI scores at baseline, the anticipation phase, the speech phase, and the recovery phase for participants who were asked to reappraise (Reappraisal), suppress (Suppression), or accept (Acceptance) their anxiety.