著者

坂野 雄二 久保 義郎 神村 栄一

出版者

早稲田大学

雑誌

早稲田大学人間科学研究 (ISSN:09160396)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.6, no.1, pp.11-18, 1993-03-25

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of individual differences in an imaginal ability and presentation of prompting film on self-regulation of peripheral skin temperature and heart rate. Two hundred and fifty students completed Sophian Scale of Imagery (SSI), and 32 students who had extremely high or low imaginal ability participated in an experiment, in which they were asked to regulate their peripheral skin temperature and heart rate using mental imagery. Ss were assigned to one of the following four groups: high imaginal ability with warm film presentation (HW), high imaginal ability with neutral film (HN), low imaginal ability with warm film (LW), and low imaginal ability with neutral film (LN). The major findings were as follows; (a) warm film had significant effects on the increase of skin temperature, (b) the difference of imaginal ability had no effect on both temperature and heart rate regulation. These results indicate the response-specificity of regulation-prompting imagery.