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AUTONOMIC NEUROSCIENCE-BASIC & CLINICAL
Volume 193, Issue -, Pages 127-131Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2015.05.004
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Heart rate variability; Big Five personality model; Neurovisceral integration
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- Auckland University of Technology [CGH 21/09]
- University of Auckland [3624433/9853]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality and resting heart rate variability (HRV) indices. Healthy volunteers (n = 106) completed a 240-item Big Five personality inventory, the state/Trait Anxiety inventory, and a ten minute electrocardiographic recording. Time and frequency domain estimates of HRV were derived from the cardiac time series and related to the Big Five dimensions of personality, to personality types extracted from a cluster analysis, and to Trait Anxiety. Frequency domain measures of HRV (HRV-HF, LF/HF) were associated with specific dimensions of personality, but significance was not noted for the time domain measure (STD-RR). Furthermore, distressed personality types exhibited significantly greater autonomic imbalance (LF/HF) than other personality types. However, significance was not noted for the time domain measure (STD-RR). These results can be explained with reference to a contemporary model of neurovisceral integration. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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