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esponse typically habituates very quickly (usually after one trial). It also shows important
individual differences. In the present study we examined in 90 students differences due to resting
heart rate variability (HRV). The cardiac time series was recorded for two minutes at rest and
during each of three presentations of an intense auditory stimulus. The results showed that the
participants with low HRV, as compared to participants with high HRV, failed to habituate the
cardiac defense response after three trials.
2028.48 Food craving and heart rate variability (HRV), Maria del Carmen
Fernandez-Santaella 1 , Sonia Rodriguez 1 , Pedro Guerra 1 , Miguel Angel Munoz 1 , Marisa
Viedma 2 , 1 University of Granada, Spain; 2 National Institute of Aging, USA
Cardiac defense and HRV have been reported as reliable indexes of emotional regulation. We
present the results of two studies aimed at examining the relationship between these indexes and
food craving. In the first study, 36 female chocolate cravers and 36 controls were examined.
Results revealed that the high chocolate craving group showed the highest defense reaction and
the lowest HRV. In the second study, 48 women with high risk of eating disorders (bulimia
nervosa) were examined either under 6-hour food deprivation or under no-deprivation. Results
showed that the deprived group had the highest defense reaction and the lowest HRV.
2028.49 Achievement motivation among black university students, Bongazana Mahlangu,
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
This paper reports a study whose aim was to examine the effects of socioeconomic status, gender,
and faculty affiliation on achievement motivation among Black university students amongst a
random sample of 105 students. The Mehrabian (1975) Scale of Achieving Tendency was
administered. Socioeconomic status was measured by means of Hollingshead’s (1958) social
index. No significant effect of sex on need for achievement was found. There was also no
significant difference between the need for achievement scores of students in the Commerce
Faculty, and those in the Faculties of Arts and Education.
2028.50 Research on relations between mental health and achievement motive, Li Mei Hua,
China
In this research, high middle school students from Shaoguan No.1 Middle School, No.2 Middle
School, Ruyuan Middle School and Ruyuan National Middle School were selected to explore the
relation between their mental health and achievement motive. The results indicate: 1) There are
some problems in the mental health of Yue Bei High middle school Students. 2) The High Middle
School students of Shaoguan are lower in the achievement motives than the standard of Middle
School students in China. 3) Achievement motives are related to mental health.
2028.51 A study on the characteristics& exercises of achievement attribution in vocational
school, Na Li, Liaoning Normal University, China
With a self-designed questionnaire, 681students from three grades are participated in the study on
characteristics & exercises of achievement attribution. The results show that there is no difference
between grade level and profession, but significantly in gender. Thus, difference also falls in the
scope of grade level and gender related to the attribution style on the study, work, interpersonal
relationships and life attitude. However, as far as the attribution characteristic is concerned, the
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