Respiratory sinus arrhythmia is associated with trait positive affect and positive emotional expressivity

Biological Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 190-196

  Wang, Zhenhong ^a   Lü, Wei ^a   Qin, Rongcai ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Positive emotional expressivity; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Trait positive affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIVITY SCALE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; POSITIVE EMOTION EXPRESSIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAIT POSITIVE AFFECT; VAGUS TONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERSONALITY; RESPIRATORY RATE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84875243303     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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