Self-esteem fluctuations and cardiac vagal control in everyday life

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-335

  Schwerdtfeger, Andreas R ^a   Scheel, Sophie Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Cardiac vagal tone; Heart rate variability; Self esteem; Self worth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859155171     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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