Abstract
Individual response specificity (IRS) refers to the tendency that an individual has to emit characteristic response, especially physiological response, to most stimuli. The present study assessed two relationships between IRS and susceptability to stress induced disease, and between IRS and behavior pattern (TypeA, neuroticism). Thirty-three male undergraduate students were devided into following 4 groups. TypeA-low neurotic (A-LN) group, TypeB-high neurotic (B-HN) group, TypeA-high neurotic (A-HN) group, and control (B-LN) group. Three stressors (speech, stroop-color word test, and white noise) were presented over 3 sessions. The major findings were as follows: (1) Fifteen percent of subjects (3 A-LN subjects, 1 B-HN subject, and 1 A-HN subject) exhibited a significant IRS-pattern over 3 sessions. (2) One A-LN subject indicated a significant IRS-pattern over 3 sessions and 3 stressors, in addition, he tend to show low awareness of emotional and somatic response to stress. (3) None of control group exhibited a significant IRS-pattern. The findings mentioned above, although only limited subjects exhibited a significant IRS-pattern, it is expected that they may also show a idiosyncratic response on both of psychological and behavioral aspects.
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