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Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2016 Aug 29;36(1):73–81. doi: 10.1037/hea0000397

Table 5.

Results of Regression Analyses of HF-HRV and Measures of Supplementary Measures of Wellbeing

Outcome Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4

β η2 β η2p β η2p β η2p
Spielberger Anger Measures

Anger Control 0.06
[−0.05,0.17]
0.0013 0.10
[−0.01,0.22]
0.0032 0.11
[−0.01,0.22]
0.0036 0.13
[−0.01,0.28]
0.0035
Anger In 0.18
[−0.02,0.38]
0.0031 −0.03
[−0.24,0.17]
0.0001 −0.01
[−0.21,0.20]
0.0000 −0.00
[−0.26,0.26]
0.0000
Anger Out 0.05
[−010,0.20]
0.0004 −0.07
[−0.22,0.09]
0.0008 −0.05
[−0.20,0.11]
0.0004 −0.06
[−0.26,0.14]
0.0004
Trait Anger −0.06
[−0.32,0.19]
0.0002 −0.17
[−0.44,0.09]
0.0017 −0.10
[−0.36,0.17]
0.0006 −0.12
[−0.46,0.21]
0.0006

Anxiety/Depression Measures

CES-D Scale 0.09
[−0.29,0.47]
0.0002 −0.14
[−0.53,0.25]
0.0005 −0.03
[−0.41,0.35]
0.0000 −0.02
[−0.50,0.46]
0.0000
MASQ: General Distress-Anxious
Symptoms
−0.00
[−0.23,0.22]
0.0000 −0.17
[−0.40,0.06]
0.0023 −0.11
[−0.33,0.12]
0.0009 −0.13
[−0.42,0.15]
0.0009
MASQ: General Distress-Depressive
Symptoms
−0.02
[−0.34,0.30]
0.0000 −0.29
[−0.61,0.03]
0.0032 −0.21
[−0.53,0.10]
0.0018 −0.25
[−0.66,0.15]
0.0016
Social Anxiety Scale 0.01
[−0.02,0.04]
0.0006 −0.00
[−0.03,0.02]
0.0001 −0.00
[−0.03,0.03]
0.0000 −0.00
[−0.04,0.03]
0.0000
Spielberger Trait Anxiety 0.08
[−0.36,0.52]
0.0001 −0.21
[−0.66,0.23]
0.0009 −0.11
[−0.56,0.33]
0.0003 −0.11
[−0.67,0.45]
0.0002

Positive Scale Measures

Subjective Happiness Scale −0.02
[−0.09,0.05]
0.0003 0.01
[−0.07,0.08]
0.0000 −0.01
[−0.08,0.06]
0.0001 −0.02
[−0.11,0.07]
0.0001
MASQ: High Positive Affect −0.31
[−0.81,0.19]
0.0015 −0.06
[−0.57,0.45]
0.0001 −0.15
[−0.66,0.37]
0.0003 −0.22
[−0.87,0.43]
0.0005
Subjective Wellbeing: Gratitude −0.01
[−0.05,0.03]
0.0001 0.01
[−0.03,0.05]
0.0002 0.01
[−0.03,0.05]
0.0002 0.01
[−0.05,0.06]
0.0000
Subjective Wellbeing:
Satisfaction with Life
−0.02
[−0.09,0.04]
0.0006 0.01
[−0.06,0.07]
0.0001 −0.00
[−0.07,0.07]
0.0000 −0.01
[−0.09,0.08]
0.0000

β: Estimate of Change in Outcome Variable for 1 unit increase in log HF HRV (95% Confidence Interval)

η2: Eta-squared (Subscript “p” denotes partial)

Model 1: Unadjusted for Any Covariates

Model 2: Adjusted for Sex, Age, BMI, Site, Menstrual Status, Exercise, and Smoking

Model 3: Adjusted for Sex, Age, BMI, Site, Menstrual Status, Exercise, Smoking, Medications affecting Parasympathetic Activity positively or negatively, Any Heart Trouble, History of Stroke, Parkinson’s, and Any Other Neurological Condition.

Model 4: Adjusted for Sex, Age, BMI, Site, Menstrual Status, Exercise, Smoking, Medications affecting Parasympathetic Activity positively or negatively, Any Heart Trouble, History of Stroke, Parkinson’s, and Any Other Neurological Condition, and Corrected for Respiration Rate.

*

P-value<.05

**

P-value<.01

***

P-value<.001