01164nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653003000118653001500148653001200163653001200175100002300187700002300210700002200233245006800255300001200323490000600335520057700341022001400918020001400932       1998                            d  c07/1998bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aClinical psychophysiology10aActivation10aarousal10aEmotion1 aMarta Isabel Díaz1 aMª Isabel Comeche1 aMiguel A. Vallejo00aActivation models in the beginning of clinical psychophysiology  a239-2510 v43 aClinical psychophysiology is basically an empirical discipline in which it is difficult to find its own theoretical frame. Emotions study, specifically the study of activation, has been and it is being now the conceptual framework of clinical psychophysiology. In this review we present the role of some important activation models in the begining of clinical psychophysiology: general and specific models, or the conceptual developments about specific motivational responses. Also, that new proposals which can offer a more integrating and flexible framework are exposed.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437