The manifold effects of positive affect on heart rate variability in everyday life: Distinguishing within-person and between-person associations

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1065-1073

  Schwerdtfeger, Andreas R ^a   Gerteis, Ann Kathrin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ambulatory assessment; Ecological momentary assessment; Heart rate variability; Positive affect; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CAUCASIAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE AFFECT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SIBLINGS; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908329781     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000079     Document Type: Article

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