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Exploring relationship between self‐regulation dimensions and cardiac autonomic functioning in preschoolers
Author(s) -
Lee Helen,
Kao Katie,
Doan Stacey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
british journal of developmental psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2044-835X
pISSN - 0261-510X
DOI - 10.1111/bjdp.12355
Subject(s) - vagal tone , psychology , developmental psychology , cognition , reactivity (psychology) , autonomic nervous system , association (psychology) , self control , cognitive reappraisal , clinical psychology , heart rate , neuroscience , medicine , blood pressure , psychotherapist , pathology , alternative medicine
The present study examined the association between behavioural dimensions of self‐regulation and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a marker of cardiac autonomic functioning in a sample of preschool children in the United States. Sixty‐six children’s emotion‐ and cognitive‐oriented dimensions of self‐regulation were examined with respect to changes in RSA (reactivity and recovery). Results showed that children’s recovery RSA, which indicates the ability to return to homeostasis, but not reactivity, was significantly associated with the cognitive‐oriented self‐regulation.