Do Decision-Making Styles Predict Vagal Control? The Role of Resting Heart Rate Variability
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Instruments
- Sociodemographic data and questionnaires
- Cardiovascular measures
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analyses
3.2. Decision-Making Styles Predict HRV
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Men | Women | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Age | 21.82 ± 0.25 | 21.45 ± 0.22 | 21.59 ± 0.17 |
BMI ** | 24.05 ± 0.35 | 22.59 ± 0.32 | 23.17 ± 0.24 |
Waist-to-hip ratio *** | 0.81 ± 0.01 | 0.73 ± 0.01 | 0.76 ± 0.004 |
Number of cigarettes | 0.85 ± 0.26 | 1.44 ± 0.29 | 1.21 ± 0.20 |
Hours’ sleep | 7.13 ± 0.19 | 6.76 ± 0.16 | 6.91 ± 0.12 |
Rational | 4.10 ± 0.07 | 4.02 ± 0.06 | 4.06 ± 0.04 |
Intuitive | 3.51 ± 0.09 | 3.62 ± 0.08 | 3.58 ± 0.06 |
Dependent | 3.36 ± 0.08 | 3.57 ± 0.09 | 3.48 ± 0.06 |
Spontaneous | 2.39 ± 0.09 | 2.45 ± 0.09 | 2.43 ± 0.07 |
Avoidant | 2.46 ± 0.11 | 2.35 ± 0.10 | 2.39 ± 0.07 |
VLF *** | 148 ± 16 | 101 ± 8 | 120 ± 8 |
LF *** | 1776 ± 148 | 1055 ± 77 | 1343 ± 79 |
HF | 893 ± 104 | 852 ± 93 | 868 ± 69 |
HRVTOT ** | 2816 ± 228 | 2008 ± 148 | 2330 ± 130 |
HFHz | 0.22 ± 0.01 | 0.24 ± 0.01 | 0.23 ± 0.01 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. VLF | − | ||||||||||||||
2. LF | 0.53 *** | − | |||||||||||||
3. HF | 0.36 *** | 0.62 *** | − | ||||||||||||
4. HRVTOT | 0.55 *** | 0.92 *** | 0.86 *** | − | |||||||||||
5. HFHz | −0.08 | −0.23 * | 0.10 | −0.10 | − | ||||||||||
6. Rational | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.001 | 0.06 | −0.06 | − | |||||||||
7. Intuitive | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.19 ** | 0.13 | 0.02 | −0.02 | − | ||||||||
8. Dependent | −0.06 | −0.11 | 0.02 | −0.06 | 0.12 | 0.19 ** | 0.01 | − | |||||||
9. Spontaneous | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 | −0.33 *** | 0.37 *** | −0.11 | − | ||||||
10. Avoidant | −0.08 | −0.11 | −0.06 | −0.11 | 0.07 | −0.12 | −0.03 | 0.19 ** | 0.26 *** | − | |||||
11. Age | −0.02 | −0.04 | −0.13 | −0.08 | 0.03 | 0.04 | −0.07 | −0.02 | −0.15 * | −0.17 * | − | ||||
12. BMI | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | −0.04 | −0.02 | −0.03 | −0.10 | 0.01 | 0.001 | 0.01 | − | |||
13. Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.16 * | 0.12 | −0.03 | 0.08 | −0.05 | 0.01 | −0.09 | −0.14 * | 0.001 | 0.10 | 0.15 * | 0.26 *** | − | ||
14. Number of cigarettes | −0.14 * | −0.14 * | −0.09 | −0.13 | 0.09 | −0.12 | 0.04 | 0.16 * | 0.09 | −0.001 | −0.12 | 0.04 | −0.09 | − | |
15. Hours’ sleep | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.17 * | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.05 | −0.02 | −0.001 | −0.05 | −0.11 | −0.03 | −0.11 |
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Alacreu-Crespo, A.; Costa, R.; Molins, F.; Abad-Tortosa, D.; SanMiguel, N.; Courtet, P.; Serrano, M.Á. Do Decision-Making Styles Predict Vagal Control? The Role of Resting Heart Rate Variability. Behav. Sci. 2024, 14, 369. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14050369
Alacreu-Crespo A, Costa R, Molins F, Abad-Tortosa D, SanMiguel N, Courtet P, Serrano MÁ. Do Decision-Making Styles Predict Vagal Control? The Role of Resting Heart Rate Variability. Behavioral Sciences. 2024; 14(5):369. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14050369
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlacreu-Crespo, Adrián, Raquel Costa, Francisco Molins, Diana Abad-Tortosa, Noemí SanMiguel, Philippe Courtet, and Miguel Ángel Serrano. 2024. "Do Decision-Making Styles Predict Vagal Control? The Role of Resting Heart Rate Variability" Behavioral Sciences 14, no. 5: 369. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14050369
APA StyleAlacreu-Crespo, A., Costa, R., Molins, F., Abad-Tortosa, D., SanMiguel, N., Courtet, P., & Serrano, M. Á. (2024). Do Decision-Making Styles Predict Vagal Control? The Role of Resting Heart Rate Variability. Behavioral Sciences, 14(5), 369. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14050369