Author(s): da Estrela C; MacNeil S; Gouin JP;

Stress exposure increases risk for depressive symptoms. However, there are substantial individual differences in affective responses to stress. High-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV), a marker of vagally-mediated parasympathetic activity, has been conceptualized as a psychophysiological index of emotion regulation that may moderate individuals' ...

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Author(s): da Estrela C; McGrath J; Booij L; Gouin JP;

Background: Disrupted sleep quality is one of the proposed mechanisms through which chronic stress may lead to depression. However, there exist significant individual differences in sleep reactivity, which is the extent to which one experiences sleep disturbances in response to stress. Purpose: The aim of the current study was to investigate whether low ...

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Author(s): da Estrela C; Barker ET; Lantagne S; Gouin JP;

Sleep is a basic biological process supporting emotion regulation. The emotion regulation function of sleep may be particularly important in the context of chronic stress. To better understand how chronic stress and sleep interact to predict mood, 66 parents of children with autism completed daily diaries assessing parenting stress, negative mood, and sle ...

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Author(s): Switzer A, Caldwell W, da Estrela C, Barker ET, Gouin JP

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