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Socio-demographic, social, cognitive, and emotional correlates of adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.

Author(s): Gouin JP, MacNeil S, Switzer A, Carrese-Chacra E, Durif F, Knäuper B

OBJECTIVES: In order for physical distancing directives to be effective at lowering and flattening the epidemic peak during a pandemic, individuals must adhere to confinement guidelines. Recent reviews highlight the paucity of research on empirical correlat...

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Implicit affect, heart rate variability, and the metabolic syndrome.

Author(s): Gouin JP, Thayer JF, Deschênes S, MacNeil S, Booij L

OBJECTIVES: Greater negative affect has been associated with increased risk for the metabolic syndrome (METs). However, all studies to date have examined this association using explicit affect measures based on subjective ratings of emotional experiences. P...

Article GUID: 33065585
Attachment style and changes in systemic inflammation following migration to a new country among international students.

Author(s): Gouin JP, MacNeil S

Attach Hum Dev. 2019 Feb;21(1):38-56 Authors: Gouin JP, MacNeil S

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High-Frequency Heart Rate Variability Reactivity and Trait Worry Interact to Predict the Development of Sleep Disturbances in Response to a Naturalistic Stressor.

Author(s): MacNeil S, Deschênes SS, Caldwell W, Brouillard M, Dang-Vu TT, Gouin JP

Ann Behav Med. 2017 Dec;51(6):912-924 Authors: MacNeil S, Deschênes SS, Caldwell W, Brouillard M, Dang-Vu TT, Gouin JP

Article GUID: 28527014
Title:Implicit affect, heart rate variability, and the metabolic syndrome.
Authors:Gouin JP,  Thayer JF,  Deschênes S,  MacNeil S,  Booij L
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33065585
DOI:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000879
Category:Psychosom Med
PMID:33065585
Dept Affiliation: PSYCHOLOGY
1 From the Department of Psychology (Gouin, MacNeil, Booij), Concordia University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Psychological Science (Thayer), University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California; and School of Psychology (Deschênes), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

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Implicit affect, heart rate variability, and the metabolic syndrome.

Psychosom Med. 2020 Oct 14; :

Authors: Gouin JP, Thayer JF, Deschênes S, MacNeil S, Booij L

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Greater negative affect has been associated with increased risk for the metabolic syndrome (METs). However, all studies to date have examined this association using explicit affect measures based on subjective ratings of emotional experiences. Prior studies suggest that implicit affect, representing the automatic, pre-reflective appraisal process involved in conscious emotional experiences, is associated with physiological stress responses independent of explicit affect. Further, low resting heart rate variability (HRV) may increase risk for stress-related diseases. The goals of this study were to evaluate the associations between implicit and explicit affect and METs and to assess whether these associations were amplified by lower HRV.

METHODS: This secondary analysis of a larger study included 217 middle-aged women who completed measures of implicit affect, explicit affect, high-frequency HRV, and the different components of METs.

RESULTS: There was a significant interaction between implicit negative affect and HRV predicting METs, OR = 0.57, 95% CI [0.35-0.92], such that the combination of higher implicit affect and lower HRV was associated with a greater likelihood of METs. Similarly, there was a main effect of implicit negative affect as well as an interaction between implicit negative affect and HRV on the lipid accumulation product, b (SE) = -0.06 (0.02), 95% CI [-.11, -.02], a combination of waist circumference and triglycerides.

CONCLUSION: Higher implicit negative affect in the context of lower HRV may be related to greater risk for METs. The present findings highlight the relevance of including implicit affect measures in psychosomatic medicine research.

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