Heart rate variability and anxious arousal: Unique relations with sleep-related problems in stress-exposed adolescents.
Dev Psychobiol
; 61(8): 1180-1190, 2019 12.
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ABSTRACT
Sleep-related problems (SRPs) among adolescents are a growing concern. Theory and research suggest that emotional arousal may have cyclical relation with SRPs, but whether emotional dysregulation plays a role is not clear. We investigated associations between two physiological indices of emotion regulation (video baseline heart rate variability and change in heart rate variability to a stressor) and SRPs in a sample of 80 adolescents (ages 11-17 years; 51% female; 37.5% African American). The findings showed a negative relation between video baseline heart rate variability and SRPs, controlling for non-sleep-related anxiety disorder symptoms (ß = -0.29) and general manifest anxiety (ß = -0.25). We found no relation between change in heart rate variability to a stressor and SRPs when non-sleep-related anxious arousal was controlled. If replicated, findings illustrate the importance of physiological regulation of emotion influencing (or influenced by) SRPs during adolescence.
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Ansiedade
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Transtornos de Ansiedade
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Sistema Nervoso Autônomo
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Estresse Psicológico
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Regulação Emocional
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Frequência Cardíaca
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Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Dev Psychobiol
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2019
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