ArticleFrontiers in psychology2017
The Association between Self-Reported Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Heart Rate Variability: The Salient Role of Not Accepting Negative Emotions.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Associations Between Interoception, Vagal Tone, and Emotional Regulation: Potential Applications for Mental Health, Wellbeing, Psychological Flexibility, and Chronic Conditions.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
- The Effect of Tai Chi Chuan on Negative Emotions in Non-Clinical Populations: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Addressing Mental Health Symptoms Among COVID-19 Healthcare Workers: A Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Pilot Study.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2024Trial
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- Heart rate variability and emotion regulation: Multiethnic differences in reappraisal and suppression.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
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- Teaching Youth & Families Self-Regulation Skills to Disrupt the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences: The THRIVE Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Research square · 2026Article
- Validation of a French version of the DERS-SF and creation of a super short form (DERS-F SSF) for measuring emotion regulation difficulties.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Relationships between depression and difficulties in emotion regulation among first-year college students: a network analysis approach.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Exploring the Relationship Between Transitional Object Attachment and Emotion Regulation in College Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Heart rate variability: A primer for alcohol researchers.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Sex differences in heart rate variability measures that predict alcohol drinking in rats.Addiction biology · 2024Article
- The relationship between emotional disorders and heart rate variability: A Mendelian randomization study.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Role of Emotion Regulation, Affect, and Sleep in Individuals With Sleep Bruxism and Those Without: Protocol for a Remote Longitudinal Observational Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Effects of fear of cancer recurrence on subjective physical and mental health in breast cancer patients: The intermediary role of heart rate variability.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
- Experimental Investigation of the Influence of Positive Emotion Dysregulation on Risky Behavior Following Idiographic Emotion Inductions.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies measured by self-report and EMG as a result of strategy used, negative emotion strength and participants' baseline HRV.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Heart rate variability measures indicating sex differences in autonomic regulation during anxiety-like behavior in rats.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Attachment insecurity, heart rate variability, and perceived social support in a diverse sample of young adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Difficulties in emotion regulation are associated with development and maintenance of psychopathology. Typically, features of emotion regulation are assessed with self-report questionnaires. Heart rate variability (HRV) is an objective measure proposed as an index of emotional regulation capacity. A limited number of studies have shown that self-reported difficulties in emotion regulation are associated with HRV. However, results from prior studies are inconclusive, and an ecological validation of the association has not yet been tested. Therefore, further exploration of the relation between self-report questionnaires and psychophysiological measures of emotional regulation is needed. The present study investigated the contribution of self-reported emotion regulation difficulties on HRV in a student sample. We expected higher scores on emotion regulation difficulties to be associated with lower vagus-mediated HRV (vmHRV). Sixty-three participants filled out the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and their resting HRV was assessed. In addition, a subsample of participants provided ambulatory 24-h HRV data, in order to ecologically validate the resting data. Correlation analyses indicated that self-reported difficulties in emotion regulation was negatively associated with vmHRV in both resting HRV and 24-h HRV. Specifically, when exploring the contribution of the different facets of emotion dysregulation, the inability to accept negative emotions showed the strongest association with HRV. The results are discussed and need for future research is described.
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