Beliefs in Regulating Negative Emotions and Vagally-Mediated Heart-Rate Variability. Does Sex Make a Difference?

All in all, our study provides initial empirical support for the theoretical expectation derived from social cognitive theory that RESE-NE is positively correlated with a physiological indicator of adaptability to the environmental demands. This was true only for men, likely due to sex differences in physiological stress reactivity and regulation.