High-Frequency Heart Rate Variability Reactivity and Trait Worry Interact to Predict the Development of Sleep Disturbances in Response to a Naturalistic Stressor.

Sasha MacNeilSonya S DeschênesWarren CaldwellMelanie BrouillardThien-Thanh Dang-VuJean-Philippe Gouin

Published in: Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2018)

This study supports the role of HF-HRV reactivity as a vulnerability factor for stress-induced sleep disturbances. The combination of high trait worry and high HF-HRV reactivity to worry might identify a subgroup of individuals most vulnerable to stress-related sleep disturbances.

Keyphrases

stress induced
high frequency
heart rate variability
sleep quality
transcranial magnetic stimulation
physical activity
heart rate
genome wide
climate change
heart failure
gene expression
drug induced