ArticleJournal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)2020
Affective reactivity, resting heart rate variability, and marital quality: A 10-year longitudinal study of U.S. adults.
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- Long-term stability of respiratory sinus arrhythmia among adults with and without a history of depression.Psychophysiology · 2024Article
- Respiratory sinus arrhythmia moderates the interpersonal consequences of brooding rumination.Journal of social and personal relationships · 2023Article
- Advancing the Study of Resilience to Daily Stressors.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2022Review
- The Prospective Association between Emotional Reactivity and Adolescent Suicidal Ideation.Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide ResearchArticle
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Abstract
Increasing evidence suggests that heightened affective reactivity to daily stressors has implications for mental and physical health, yet little is known about the long-term repercussions of day-to-day stress reactivity for marital quality. This study examined associations between affective reactivity and two indicators of marital well-being (marital satisfaction and marital risk) over a 10-year period. An additional aim was to investigate the potential role of resting high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV), an index of cardiac vagal regulation, in moderating the association between affective reactivity and marital quality. These relationships were examined using data from 344 married adults in the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS II and III) study. Respondents completed daily telephone interviews and longitudinal reports of stressors, affect, and marital quality. HF-HRV was measured at rest. Greater affective reactivity to daily stressors predicted lower marital satisfaction and higher marital risk 10 years later. These associations remained after adjustments for potential confounders, including demographics, physical and behavioral factors, and psychological characteristics. In addition, HF-HRV moderated the associations between affective reactivity and marital quality. Results are consistent with a buffering effect, in which high levels of HF-HRV offset the inverse association between affective reactivity and marital quality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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