Autonomic effects of cognitive reappraisal and acceptance in social anxiety: Evidence for common and distinct pathways for parasympathetic reactivity

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 795-803

  Cristea, Ioana A ^b   Valenza, Gaetano ^c   Scilingo, Enzo Pasquale ^c   Szentágotai Tătar, Aurora ^b   Gentili, Claudio ^b   David, Daniel ^a,b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Cognitive reappraisal; Emotion regulation; Heart rate variability; Parasympathetic activity; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SPEECH; TEST ANXIETY SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908550765     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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