Vagally-mediated heart rate variability and indices of well-being: Results of a nationally representative study.
Author(s) -
Richard P. Sloan,
Emilie Schwarz,
Paula S. McKinley,
Maxine Weinstein,
Gayle D. Love,
Carol D. Ryff,
Daniel K. Mroczek,
Tse-Hwei Choo,
Seonjoo Lee,
Teresa E. Seeman
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000397
Subject(s) - heart rate variability , psycinfo , affect (linguistics) , psychology , personality , clinical psychology , multilevel model , heart rate , developmental psychology , medicine , medline , social psychology , statistics , blood pressure , communication , political science , law , mathematics
High frequency (HF) heart rate variability (HRV) has long been accepted as an index of cardiac vagal control. Recent studies report relationships between HF-HRV and indices of positive and negative affect, personality traits and well-being but these studies generally are based on small and selective samples.
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