Table 6.
Heart Rate and Skin Conductance by Task
| Variable | Social phobia (n = 20) |
Shy (n = 25) |
Non-Shy (n = 22) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Heart Rate (beats per minute) | ||||||
| Baseline | 78.7 | 12.9 | 78.5 | 12.4 | 81.2 | 11.1 |
| Opposite Sex Conversation | 82.4 | 14.1 | 84.5 | 12.8 | 85.7 | 8.8 |
| Same Sex Conversation | 81.6 | 13.4 | 83.5 | 13.3 | 82.7 | 10.2 |
| Speech | 86.5 | 13.7 | 84.5 | 13.6 | 87.3 | 10.9 |
| Skin Conductance (microSiemens) | ||||||
| Baseline | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 1.7 |
| Opposite Sex Conversation | 6.5 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 2.2 |
| Same Sex Conversation | 7.0 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 2.3 |
| Speech | 8.0 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 2.3 |