TY - JOUR
T1 - Resting Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Is Associated With Tonic Positive Emotionality
AU - Oveis, Christopher
AU - Cohen, Adam
AU - Gruber, June
AU - Shiota, Michelle
AU - Haidt, Jonathan
AU - Keltner, Dacher
PY - 2009/4
Y1 - 2009/4
N2 - Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA REST) indexes important aspects of individual differences in emotionality. In the present investigation, the authors address whether RSA REST is associated with tonic positive or negative emotionality, and whether RSA REST relates to phasic emotional responding to discrete positive emotion-eliciting stimuli. Across an 8-month, multiassessment study of first-year university students (n = 80), individual differences in RSA REST were associated with positive but not negative tonic emotionality, assessed at the level of personality traits, long-term moods, the disposition toward optimism, and baseline reports of current emotional states. RSA REST was not related to increased positive emotion, or stimulus-specific emotion, in response to compassion-, awe-, or pride-inducing stimuli. These findings suggest that resting RSA indexes aspects of a person's tonic positive emotionality.
AB - Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA REST) indexes important aspects of individual differences in emotionality. In the present investigation, the authors address whether RSA REST is associated with tonic positive or negative emotionality, and whether RSA REST relates to phasic emotional responding to discrete positive emotion-eliciting stimuli. Across an 8-month, multiassessment study of first-year university students (n = 80), individual differences in RSA REST were associated with positive but not negative tonic emotionality, assessed at the level of personality traits, long-term moods, the disposition toward optimism, and baseline reports of current emotional states. RSA REST was not related to increased positive emotion, or stimulus-specific emotion, in response to compassion-, awe-, or pride-inducing stimuli. These findings suggest that resting RSA indexes aspects of a person's tonic positive emotionality.
KW - biological marker
KW - heart rate variability
KW - positive temperament
KW - vagal tone
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U2 - 10.1037/a0015383
DO - 10.1037/a0015383
M3 - Article
C2 - 19348538
AN - SCOPUS:65249108662
SN - 1528-3542
VL - 9
SP - 265
EP - 270
JO - Emotion
JF - Emotion
IS - 2
ER -