Why the study?
Does trait negative affect link depression, anxiety, and anger to impairments in cardiac autonomic function?
Does trait negative affect link depression, anxiety, and anger to impairments in cardiac autonomic function?
Trait negative affect may serve as the unifying element linking individual negative emotions to autonomic nervous system dysregulation.
Supports trait negative affect as unifying factor; leaves open whether modifying it improves cardiac autonomic outcomes.
Negative affect as a common pathway between depression, anxiety, and anger and impairments in cardiac autonomic function was supported, suggesting negative affect may be the unifying and potentially toxic element linking individual trait negative emotions to ANS dysregulation.
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