Differentiating worry and rumination: Evidence from heart rate variability during spontaneous regulation

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 613-619

  Aldao, Amelia ^a   Mennin, Douglas S ^b   McLaughlin, Katie A ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation strategies; Heart rate variability; Rumination; Spontaneous regulation; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; RUMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORRY;

EID: 84878011892     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-012-9485-0     Document Type: Article

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