Abstract
This study was designed to explore the experience of listening, noting how listening was distinct from talking and from silence. There was interest in the potential for listening to engender lowered physiological arousal. Listening was defined within an interpersonal context, as one person listened to another tell a story. Clinical experience has demonstrated that persons who are listening to a clinician share a story often relax. Psychophysiological measures were used to assess the experience of listening. Cardiovascular parameters (mean arterial pressure, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature) and eye contact (videotaped data) were measured during listening. Individual tendency to become engrossed with environmental stimuli was measured prior to listening, using the Tellegen absorption measure. Following listening, personal descriptions of listening were recorded using an interview format. Physiological monitoring occurred during silence, talking and listening.
Sigma Membership
Iota Xi at-Large
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Gender Differences, Physiological Changes, Cardiac Care
Advisor
Sue Ann Thomas
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Degree Year
1987
Recommended Citation
Liehr, Patricia, "Cardiovascular changes during dialogue" (2019). Dissertations. 1605.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1605
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-06-06
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 8713728; ProQuest document ID: 303608958. The author still retains copyright.