Association between distinct coping styles and heart rate variability changes to an acute psychosocial stress task.

ABSTRACT: Modern life comprises a myriad of stressful situations, ranging from life-threatening ones to others not so deadly, all of which activate a physiologic stress response. Engaging in healthy ways to cope can prevent us from wearing out our physiological systems. Heart rate variability (HRV) is often used as an index of emotion regulation response. Hence, our goal is to investigate whether the habitual use of coping strategies is related to a distinct pattern of HRV changes when the individual is exposed to a moderate psychosocial stressor. In this study, 60 female participants performed a psychosocial stress task-oral speech preparation-while ECG signals were collected during the whole experimental procedure. Heart rate (HR), HRV parameters (SDNN, RMSSD, LF, HF) and coping strategies (Brief

SUBMITTER: Machado AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8674249 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature