Resting vagal tone and vagal response to stress: Associations with anxiety, aggression, and perceived anxiety control among youths

Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 718-727

  Scott, Brandon G ^a   Weems, Carl F ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Emotion regulation; Heart rate variability; Perceived control; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOPATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY RATE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY RATE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904088583     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12218     Document Type: Article

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