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Understanding the physiology of mindfulness: aortic hemodynamics and heart rate variability 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명May, Ross W.,Bamber, Mandy,Seibert, Gregory S.,Sanchez-Gonzalez, Marcos A.,Leonard, Joseph T.,Salsbury, Rebecca A.,Fincham, Frank D.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Informa Healthcare
  • 출판년도2016
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기STRESS -BASEL-
  • 발행사항Vol.19No.2[2016]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1025-3890
  • 소개/요약Data were collected to examine autonomic and hemodynamic cardiovascular modulation underlying mindfulness from two independent samples. An initial sample (N = 185) underwent laboratory assessments of central aortic blood pressure and myocardial functioning to investigated the association between mindfulness and cardiac functioning. Controlling for religiosity, mindfulness demonstrated a strong negative relationship with myocardial oxygen consumption and left ventricular work but not heart rate or blood pressure. A second sample (N = 124) underwent a brief (15 minute) mindfulness inducing intervention to examine the influence of mindfulness on cardiovascular autonomic modulation via blood pressure variability and heart rate variability. The intervention had a strong positive effect on cardiovascular modulation by decreasing cardiac sympathovagal tone, vasomotor tone, vascular resistance and ventricular workload. This research establishes a link between mindfulness and cardiovascular functioning via correlational and experimental methodologies in samples of mostly female undergraduates. Future directions for research are outlined.