Exploring the autonomic correlates of personality

Shepherd, Daniel; Mulgrew, Joseph; Hautus, Michael J.

doi:10.1016/j.autneu.2015.05.004

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“…18,[30][31][32]44 Although not all study findings have been consistent, HRV has generally been positively related to flexible-response personality traits but negatively related to maladaptive traits. 31 In particular, type D personality has become a research focus because, like type A personality, it poses potential CVD risk. 45 However, few studies have directly examined the relationship between type D personality and HRV parameters.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…24 Second, personality may modulate emotional stress, which in turn may interfere with the autonomic process. 31,32 In contrast, autonomic dysregulation induces sympathetic overarousal that may lead to negative personality traits characterized by inflexible responses, counterproductive coping strategies, and inability to self-regulate. 47,48 The direction of the relationship between autonomic functions and personality traits, however, remains unclear.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…9,49 HRV parameters and type D personality are widely known prognostic predictors of health status, clinical outcomes, morbidity, and mortality. 18,31,33 Therefore, the potential effects of adverse autonomic functions and type D personality traits should not be ignored. Because IGA subjects in this study showed both autonomic dysregulation and distressed personality at a young age, it is likely that they will have health issues in the future.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Altered Autonomic Functions and Distressed Personality Traits in Male Adolescents with Internet Gaming Addiction

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Hughes

Park

et al. 2016

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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Internet gaming addiction (IGA) has been associated with many negative health outcomes, especially for youth; however, few studies have examined the physiological parameters and personality features related to this addiction. This study aimed to identify differences in autonomic functions and distressed (type D) personality traits among Korean adolescent males with and without IGA. In a cross-sectional study, 68 adolescent males were recruited in a Korean city using convenience and snowball sampling methods. For each subject, heart rate variability (HRV) parameters were measured as autonomic functions and questionnaires were used to identify IGA and type D personality traits. Data were analyzed using descriptive analyses, t tests, χ tests, and Pearson's correlation. Most HRV parameters significantly differed between the IGA and non-IGA groups (all p < 0.05). Type D personality total and subscale scores, including those for negative affectivity (NA) and social inhibition, were significantly higher in the IGA group (all p < 0.001). Of the 68 subjects, 46 were classified as having type D personality, with nearly twice as many in the IGA group as in the non-IGA group (p = 0.002). Type D personality total scores negatively correlated with the logarithmic value of total power and low frequency among the HRV parameters (both p < 0.05). Results showed that excessive Internet gaming was related to alterations in autonomic functions and distressed personality traits in male adolescents. These findings provide further understanding of the IGA phenomenon and highlight the need for interventions that address male adolescents with IGA.

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confidence: 99%

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Altered Autonomic Functions and Distressed Personality Traits in Male Adolescents with Internet Gaming Addiction

Kim

Hughes

Park

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“…Many studies have demonstrated an elevated LF/HF ratio in patients with depression (175), anxiety (152), panic attack (93), and bipolar disorder (25). Various experimental models of chronic stress-induced anxiety or depression have been used.…”

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Key role of 5-HT 3 receptors in the nucleus tractus solitarii in cardiovagal stress reactivity

Sévoz‐Couche

Brouillard

2017

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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Serotonin plays a modulatory role in central control of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) in the medulla is an area of viscerosomatic integration innervated by both central and peripheral serotonergic fibers. Influences from different origins therefore trigger the release of serotonin into the NTS and exert multiple influences on the ANS. This major influence on the ANS is also mediated by activation of several receptors in the NTS. In particular, the NTS is the central zone with the highest density of serotonin (5-HT) receptors. In this review, we present evidence that 5-HT receptors in the NTS play a key role in one of the crucial homeostatic responses to acute and chronic stress: inhibitory modulation of the parasympathetic component of the ANS. The possible functional interactions of 5-HT receptors with GABA and NK receptors in the NTS are also discussed.

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“…Low HRV has strongly been associated with an elevated risk for heart‐related problems (Hillebrand et al, ; Thayer, Yamamoto & Brosschot, ). Moreover, dysregulated HRV has been related to the prevalence of psychiatric disorders such as MDD (Kemp et al, ), ADHD (Griffiths et al, ), ASD (Wang et al, ), psychosis (Alvares, Quintana, Hickie, & Guastella, ), and anxiety (Chalmers, Quintana, Abbott, & Kemp, ) and is even related to personality (Huang et al, ; Shepherd, Mulgrew, & Hautus, ). Thus, HRV seems to contribute to the development of emotional and physical well‐being, which in turn could be influenced by SOB.…”

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Heart rate variability related to season of birth: A replication study

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Low heart rate variability (HRV) has strongly been associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. With cardiovascular disease being the number one cause of global deaths, factors that influence its development are relevant to understand. Season of birth has been suggested as one of the factors influencing the development of HRV. The current study was set up to replicate the finding that men born in winter have higher HRV later in life compared to those born in other seasons. To this end, we studied a sample of 1,871 healthy participants from the Brain Resource International Database during rest and during task. Furthermore, sex and age differences and associations with personality traits and psychiatric symptoms were explored. We replicated the earlier finding that men born in winter have a lower ratio of low frequency (LF) power to high frequency (HF) power during rest compared to summer and fall, and, although less pronounced, higher HF compared to summer. A difference between summer and winter for LF/HF in men was internally replicated using data recorded during task. Additionally, for both sexes, LF/HF ratio increased with age, and LF and HF both decreased. In general, LF/HF was lower in women, but heart rate was higher. In men, low HRV was associated with depression and the personality trait openness. In conclusion, results from a large multicenter data set covering the entire lifespan demonstrate that HRV changes with age in both sexes and confirm that season of birth influences HRV later in life in men.

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Exploring the autonomic correlates of personality

Cited by 12 publications

References 35 publications

Altered Autonomic Functions and Distressed Personality Traits in Male Adolescents with Internet Gaming Addiction

Altered Autonomic Functions and Distressed Personality Traits in Male Adolescents with Internet Gaming Addiction

Key role of 5-HT 3 receptors in the nucleus tractus solitarii in cardiovagal stress reactivity

Heart rate variability related to season of birth: A replication study

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