A pilot exploration of heart rate variability and salivary cortisol responses to compassion-focused imagery

Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 132-139

  Rockliff, Helen ^a   Gilbert, Paul ^a   McEwan, Kirsten ^a   Lightman, Stafford ^b   Glover, David ^c  

^a KINGSWAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compassion; Cortisol; Depression; Heart rate variability; Imagery; Self criticism

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ADULT ATTACHMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; COMPASSION FOCUSED IMAGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND STRESS SCALE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF COMPASSION SCALE; SELF CRITICISM SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SAFENESS SCALE;

EID: 68949218723     PISSN: 17244935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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