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Heart rate variability is enhanced in controls but not maladaptive perfectionists during brief mindfulness meditation following stress-induction: A stratified-randomized trial
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Azam, M. A.,Katz, J.,Fashler, S. R.,Changoor, T.,Azargive, S.,Ritvo, P.
- 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.
- 출판년도2015
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
- 발행사항Vol.98No.1[2015]_x000D_
- ISBN/ISSN0167-8760
- 소개/요약Heart rate variability (HRV) is a vagal nerve-mediated biomarker of cardiac function used to investigate chronic illness, psychopathology, stress and, more recently, attention-regulation processes such as meditation. This study investigated HRV in relation to maladaptive perfectionism, a stress-related personality factor, and mindfulness meditation, a stress coping practice expected to elevate HRV, and thereby promote relaxation. Maladaptive perfectionists (n=21) and Controls (n=39) were exposed to a lab-based assessment in which HRV was measured during (1) a 5-minute baseline resting phase, (2) a 5-minute cognitive stress-induction phase, and (3) a post-stress phase. In the post-stress phase, participants were randomly assigned to a 10-minute audio-instructed mindfulness meditation condition or a 10-minute rest condition with audio-description of mindfulness meditation. Analyses revealed a significant elevation in HRV during meditation for Controls but not for Perfectionists. These results suggest that mindfulness meditation promotes relaxation following cognitive stress and that the perfectionist personality hinders relaxation possibly because of decreased cardiac vagal tone. The results are discussed in the context of developing psychophysiological models to advance therapeutic interventions for distressed populations.
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