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Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia buffers against rejection sensitivity via emotion control
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Emerging evidence suggests that high resting heart rate variability in the respiratory frequency band, or respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) may capture individual differences in the capacity to engage in situationally appropriate regulation of affect and behavior. The authors therefore hypothesized that high RSA may act as a protective factor against difficulties controlling negative affect and hostile behaviors in conflicts with romantic partners in highly rejection-sensitive individuals--a population otherwise vulnerable to these responses. Results were consistent with this hypothesis such that highly rejection-sensitive participants reported less emotion control and more hostility in conflicts only if they were also low in RSA. Furthermore, emotion control mediated the joint effect of rejection-sensitivity and RSA on hostile conflict behavior. These results are consistent with the argument that resting RSA is a marker of flexible responding in the context of highly emotional situations, and further suggest that it may serve as a protective factor particularly in vulnerable populations.
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- Authors
- Gyurak, A., & Ayduk, Ö.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Venue
- Emotion
- Published
- 2008-08
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 458-467
- ISSN
- 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
- 1931-1516
- PMC
- PMC2723717
- OpenAlex
- W2113346372
- Cited by
- 106
- References
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- FWCI
- 4.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Emotion (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH0697043)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- respiratory sinus arrhythmia, resting heart rate variability, rejection sensitivity, emotion regulation, negative affect, protective factors, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Affect, Arrhythmia, Sinus, Buffers, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Love, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Rejection, Psychology, Respiratory Physiological Phenomena, Rest, Social Behavior, Social Control, Informal, Self Efficacy
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