On the Assessment of Anxiety: IV. By Measures of Basal Conductance and Palmar Sweat

Abstract

This study investigated the extent to which subjective and autonomic measures of anxiety vary concomitantly over periods of weeks in the same individuals. Ss were 23 psychiatric patients in good contact. The subjective measures were a self-rating and an anxiety inventory, and the autonomic measures were basal conductance and palmar sweat. The results did not support the hypothesis of a positive relationship between the subjective and autonomic indices.