Affective instability in daily life is predicted by resting heart rate variability

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Koval, Peter ^a   Ogrinz, Barbara ^a   Kuppens, Peter ^a   Van Den Bergh, Omer ^a   Tuerlinckx, Francis ^a   Sütterlin, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RESTING HEART RATE VARIABILITY; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896697408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081536     Document Type: Article

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