scholarly journals Otitis media and respiratory sinus arrhythmia across infancy and early childhood: Polyvagal processes?

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 1709-1722
Author(s):  
Daniel Berry ◽  
◽  
Lynne Vernon-Feagans ◽  
W. Roger Mills-Koonce ◽  
Clancy Blair
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Infancy And Early Childhood

scholarly journals Autonomic complexity and emotion (dys-)regulation in early childhood across high- and low-risk contexts

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 1173-1190
Author(s):  
Daniel Berry ◽  
Alyssa R. Palmer ◽  
Rebecca Distefano ◽  
Ann S. Masten
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Developmental Task ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Stratified Sample ◽  
Systems Models ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Vast Network

AbstractDeveloping the ability to regulate one's emotions in accordance with contextual demands (i.e., emotion regulation) is a central developmental task of early childhood. These processes are supported by the engagement of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), a physiological hub of a vast network tasked with dynamically integrating real-time experiential inputs with internal motivational and goal states. To date, much of what is known about the ANS and emotion regulation has been based on measures of respiratory sinus arrhythmia, a cardiac indicator of parasympathetic activity. In the present study, we draw from dynamical systems models to introduce two nonlinear indices of cardiac complexity (fractality and sample entropy) as potential indicators of these broader ANS dynamics. Using data from a stratified sample of preschoolers living in high- (i.e., emergency homeless shelter) and low-risk contexts (N = 115), we show that, in conjunction with respiratory sinus arrhythmia, these nonlinear indices may help to clarify important differences in the behavioral manifestations of emotion regulation. In particular, our results suggest that cardiac complexity may be especially useful for discerning active, effortful emotion regulation from less effortful regulation and dysregulation.

scholarly journals Sociodemographic risk, parenting, and inhibitory control in early childhood: the role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 973-981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Holochwost ◽  
Vanessa V. Volpe ◽  
Noa Gueron-Sela ◽  
Cathi B. Propper ◽  
W. Roger Mills-Koonce
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Sociodemographic Risk

Associations between inhibitory control, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and externalizing problems in early childhood

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 686-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
William T. Utendale ◽  
Jacob Nuselovici ◽  
Arnaud B. Saint-Pierre ◽  
Michele Hubert ◽  
Caroline Chochol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia During Sleep and Waking

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Stoakley ◽  
Karen J. Mathewson ◽  
Louis A. Schmidt ◽  
Kimberly A. Cote
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Slow Wave Sleep ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Nrem Sleep ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Affective Style ◽  
Waking State ◽  
Optimal Period ◽  
The Stability

Abstract. Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is related to individual differences in waking affective style and self-regulation. However, little is known about the stability of RSA between sleep/wake stages or the relations between RSA during sleep and waking affective style. We examined resting RSA in 25 healthy undergraduates during the waking state and one night of sleep. Stability of cardiac variables across sleep/wake states was highly reliable within participants. As predicted, greater approach behavior and lower impulsivity were associated with higher RSA; these relations were evident in early night Non-REM (NREM) sleep, particularly in slow wave sleep (SWS). The current research extends previous findings by establishing stability of RSA within individuals between wake and sleep states, and by identifying SWS as an optimal period of measurement for relations between waking affective style and RSA.

Measures of RSA Suppression, Attentional Control, and Negative Affect Predict Self-Ratings of Executive Functions

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 164-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Healy ◽  
Aaron Treadwell ◽  
Mandy Reagan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Attentional Control ◽  
Executive Processes ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Low Levels

The current study was an attempt to determine the degree to which the suppression of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and attentional control were influential in the ability to engage various executive processes under high and low levels of negative affect. Ninety-four college students completed the Stroop Test while heart rate was being recorded. Estimates of the suppression of RSA were calculated from each participant in response to this test. The participants then completed self-ratings of attentional control, negative affect, and executive functioning. Regression analysis indicated that individual differences in estimates of the suppression of RSA, and ratings of attentional control were associated with the ability to employ executive processes but only when self-ratings of negative affect were low. An increase in negative affect compromised the ability to employ these strategies in the majority of participants. The data also suggest that high attentional control in conjunction with attenuated estimates of RSA suppression may increase the ability to use executive processes as negative affect increases.

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