Do we need a stressor to be stressed? Insights from cardiac regulation

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-162

  Ottaviani, Cristina ^a   Shapiro, David ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic balance; Parasympathetic nervous system; Risk factors; Rumination; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955752552     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2011.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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