Gender differences in personality and heart-rate variability
Resource
Psychiatry Res., 209(3), 652-657
Journal
Psychiatry Research
Journal Volume
209
Journal Issue
3
Pages
652-657
Date Issued
2013
Author(s)
LI-REN CHANG
Huang, Wei-Lieh
Chang, Li-Ren
Kuo, Terry B. J.
Lin, Yu-Hsuan
Chen, Ying-Zai
Yang, Cheryl C. H.
Abstract
Both personality traits and autonomic functioning show as gender differences, but their relationship is not well understood. Medically unexplained symptoms are related to personality features and can be assessed by autonomic measurement. The patterns are hypothesised to identify gender differences. We recruited 30 male and 30 female healthy volunteers. All participants completed the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) and heart-rate variability (HRV) measurement. Correlation analysis was performed to identify the relationships between TPQ scores and HRV parameters. For the subjects as a whole, the subdimension harm avoidance 4 (HA4, fatigability and asthenia) was found to be negatively correlated with low-frequency (LF) power, high-frequency (HF) power and total power (TP) of HRV. Novelty seeking 1 (NS1, exploratory excitability) was found to be positively correlated with LF power and TP. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that the interactions exploratory excitability x gender and fatigability x gender are predictors of LF and HF power, respectively. Our result supports the hypothesis that personality features such as exploratory excitability and fatigability are associated with autonomic functioning and that gender is a moderator in these relationships. ? 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Subjects
Exploratory excitability; Fatigability; Gender difference; Heart-rate variability; Personality
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adult; article; asthenia; autonomic nervous system function; avoidance behavior; body mass; confusion (uncertainty); controlled study; excitability; fatigue; fear; female; heart rate variability; human; human experiment; male; normal human; personality; personality test; priority journal; psychological aspect; sex difference; social behavior; systolic blood pressure; Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire; Exploratory excitability; Fatigability; Gender difference; Heart-rate variability; Personality; Adult; Electrocardiography; Female; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Personality; Personality Inventory; Questionnaires; Sex Characteristics; Statistics as Topic; Taiwan; Young Adult
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journal article
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