Lower respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) inertia was related to fewer in-task negative emotions, and higher RSA instability was associated with better child trait emotion regulation.
Observational (n=89)
Are respiratory sinus arrhythmia dynamics associated with emotion regulation in children during a stress task?
Dynamic indicators of respiratory sinus arrhythmia, such as inertia and instability, are associated with emotion regulation in children during stress tasks.
Abstract The present study employed two key dynamic indicators (i.e., inertia and instability) to the psychophysiological research of child emotion regulation (ER) and examined whether respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) dynamics were associated with child ER during a stress task. Eighty-nine Chinese school-age children (Mage = 8.77 years, SD = 1.80 years; 46.1% girls) and their primary caregivers participated in the study. After controlling for RSA static reactivity, multiple regression analyses indicated that lower RSA inertia was related to fewer in-task negative emotions rated by children and their caregivers, and higher RSA instability was associated with better child trait ER. This study introduces physiological indicators of the dynamic aspects of parasympathetic activity to the study of child ER.
Xu et al. (Wed,) conducted a observational in Emotion regulation (n=89). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) dynamics (inertia and instability) was evaluated on Child emotion regulation and in-task negative emotions. Lower respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) inertia was related to fewer in-task negative emotions, and higher RSA instability was associated with better child trait emotion regulation.
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