Self-esteem and autonomic physiology: Parallels between self-esteem and cardiac vagal tone as buffers of threat

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 370-389

  Martens, Andy ^a   Greenberg, Jeff ^b   Allen, John J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Parasympathetic system; Self esteem; Vagal control; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249086149     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868308323224     Document Type: Article

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