Emotional disclosure for whom? A study of vagal tone in bereavement

Biological Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-146

  O'Connor, Mary Frances ^a,b   Allen, John J B ^a   Kaszniak, Alfred W ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Depression; Emotional disclosure; Parasympathetic; RSA; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; VAGUS TONE;

AFFECT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BEREAVEMENT; CEREBELLUM; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 4644233670     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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