Daily worry is related to low heart rate variability during waking and the subsequent nocturnal sleep period

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-47

  Brosschot, Jos F ^a   Van Dijk, Eduard ^a   Thayer, Julian F ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Heart rate variability; Perseverative cognition; Prolonged physiological activity; Sleep physiology; Stress; Trait anxiety; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; COGNITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NETHERLANDS; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP STAGES; WALKING;

EID: 33845941471     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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