Table 2. Correlations among RSA, Heart Rate, and PEP Reactivity Scores.
Resting Physiology | Happy | Anger | Fear | Sad | ||||||||||
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HR | PEP | RSA | HR | PEP | RSA | HR | PEP | RSA | HR | PEP | RSA | HR | PEP | |
Resting RSA | −.78** | .03 | .05 | .04 | <.01 | −.09 | .14 | −.05 | .06 | −.09 | .06 | .08 | −.01 | .02 |
Resting HR | −.06 | −.06 | −.05 | .03 | .06 | −.12 | .06 | −.05 | .13* | −.02 | −.02 | .03 | .03 | |
Resting PEP | −.03 | <.01 | .07 | −.09 | .09 | .10 | −.10 | −.05 | .16 | .02 | .11 | .09 | ||
Happy RSA | −.29** | −.10 | .48** | −.04 | −.14 | .34** | −.02 | −.03 | .39** | −.06 | −.05 | |||
Happy HR | −.07 | −.16 | .37** | −.04 | −.05 | .39** | −.04 | <.01 | .53** | −.08 | ||||
Happy PEP | .08 | −.08 | .61** | .02 | −.05 | .68** | −.04 | <.01 | .69** | |||||
Anger RSA | −.32** | .10 | .41** | −.06 | .09 | .43** | −.08 | .12 | ||||||
Anger HR | −.17 | .04 | .26** | −.01 | −.02 | .24** | −.08 | |||||||
Anger PEP | .02 | −.05 | .65** | −.17 | .01 | .73** | ||||||||
Fear RSA | −.40** | .06 | .47** | −.15 | .03 | |||||||||
Fear HR | −.12 | −.10 | .47** | −.04 | ||||||||||
Fear PEP | .04 | −.03 | .86** | |||||||||||
Sad RSA | −.24** | .04 | ||||||||||||
Sad HR | −.06 |
Note: RSA = Respiratory sinus arrhythmia, HR = Heart rate, PEP = Pre-ejection period. Resting physiology measures were taken prior to the start of the emotion induction series. Reactivity scores represent raw scores during each emotional clip minus baseline levels averaged across neutral film clips; since RSA reactivity = RSA withdrawal, HR reactivity = increased HR, and PEP reactivity = PEP shortening, increased reactivity is indicated by negative RSA and PEP scores and positive HR scores.
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