TY - JOUR KW - Clinical psychophysiology KW - Activation KW - arousal KW - Emotion AU - Marta Isabel Díaz AU - Mª Isabel Comeche AU - Miguel A. Vallejo AB - Clinical 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. IS - 2-3 M3 - Journal Article N2 - Clinical 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. PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés PY - 1998 SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937 SP - 239 EP - 251 T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés TI - Activation models in the beginning of clinical psychophysiology VL - 4 ER -