Cardiac vagal reactivity during relived sadness is predicted by affect intensity and emotional intelligence

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-113

  Rash, Joshua A ^a   Prkachin, Kenneth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect intensity; Cardiac vagal control; Emotional intelligence; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Sadness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BREATHING; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RESPIRATION SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SADNESS; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871493470     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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