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Psychophysiological effects of slow-paced breathing at six cycles per minute with or without heart rate variability biofeedback.

Laborde, S., Allen, M. S., Borges, U., Iskra, M., Zammit, N., You, M., Hosang, T., Mosley, E. and Dosseville, F., 2022. Psychophysiological effects of slow-paced breathing at six cycles per minute with or without heart rate variability biofeedback. Psychophysiology, 59 (1), e13952.

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DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13952

Abstract

Heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback, referring to slow-paced breathing (SPB) realized while visualizing a heart rate, HRV, and/or respiratory signal, has become an adjunct treatment for a large range of psychologic and medical conditions. However, the underlying mechanisms explaining the effectiveness of HRV biofeedback still need to be uncovered. This study aimed to disentangle the specific effects of HRV biofeedback from the effects of SPB realized alone. In total, 112 participants took part in the study. The parameters assessed were emotional (valence, arousal, and control) and perceived stress intensity as self-report variables and the root mean square of the successive differences (RMSSD) as a physiologic variable. A main effect of condition was found for emotional valence only, valence being more positive overall in the SPB-HRVB condition. A main effect of time was observed for all dependent variables. However, no main effects for the condition or time x condition interaction effects were observed. Results showed that for PRE and POST comparisons (referring, respectively, to before and after SPB), both SPB-HRVB and SPB-NoHRVB conditions resulted in a more negative emotional valence, lower emotional arousal, higher emotional control, and higher RMSSD. Future research might investigate psychophysiological differences between SPB-HRVB and SPB-NoHRVB across different time periods (e.g., long-term interventions), and in response to diverse psychophysiological stressors.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:0048-5772
Uncontrolled Keywords:RMSSD; abdominal breathing; cardiac coherence; deep breathing; diaphragmatic breathing; heart rate variability; respiration; Adult; Arousal; Biofeedback, Psychology; Emotions; Female; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; Psychophysiology; Respiratory Rate; Young Adult
Group:Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
ID Code:38163
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:09 Feb 2023 07:34
Last Modified:09 Feb 2023 07:34

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