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Kvadsheim, Elisabet, Sorensen, Lin, Fasmer, Ole B., Osnes, Berge ORCID: 0000-0001-7955-4273, Haavik, Jan, Williams, DeWayne P., Thayer, Julian F. and Koenig, Julian ORCID: 0000-0003-1009-9625 (2022). Vagally mediated heart rate variability, stress, and perceived social support: a focus on sex differences. Stress, 25 (1). S. 113 - 122. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1607-8888

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Abstract

Higher vagally mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV), reflecting vagal activity as indexed by heart function and lower stress vulnerability, is associated with higher perceived social support. Seeking social support is an adaptive stress response, and evolutionary theories suggest that females use this strategy more than males. The current study investigated the hypothesis that higher vmHRV is related to higher perceived social support under conditions of higher, relative to lower, stress, and that this association is most prominent in females. A healthy student sample (n = 143; 82 males, 61 females; mean age 19.9) completed the short version of the Medical outcomes study social support survey (MOS) and the Perceived stress scale (PSS). Activity in the high frequency band of heart rate variability (HF-HRV), deducted from five-minute resting electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings, indexed vmHRV. A moderation analysis was conducted, with PSS and sex as moderators of the association between vmHRV and MOS. Statistical effects were adjusted for age, education, physical activity, body mass index (BMI), alcohol and drug use, ECG-derived respiration (EDR), and mean heart rate. Higher PSS scores moderated the association between vmHRV and MOS in females but not males. Lower PSS scores did not moderate the relation between vmHRV and MOS. This suggests that higher vmHRV is associated with higher perceived social support under conditions of higher stress in females but not males, consistent with evolution of different stress management strategies in the sexes. The results may have implications for individualized intervention strategies for increasing vmHRV and perceived social support.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kvadsheim, Elisabet UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sorensen, Lin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fasmer, Ole B. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Osnes, Berge UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7955-4273 UNSPECIFIED Haavik, Jan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Williams, DeWayne P. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Thayer, Julian F. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Koenig, Julian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1009-9625 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-686308
DOI:	10.1080/10253890.2022.2043271
Journal or Publication Title:	Stress
Volume:	25
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 113 - 122
Date:	2022
Publisher:	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1607-8888
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; REACTIVITY; STABILITY; RESPONSES Multiple languages Behavioral Sciences; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Neurosciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/68630