Depression is characterized by disturbed sleep and eating, a variety of other nonspecific
somatic symptoms, and significant somatic comorbidities. Why there is such close …

The study of vulnerabilities to depression typically identifies factors that are thought to be
universally maladaptive or adaptive. In contrast, researchers recently have theorized that the …

Individuals differ in the degree to which they tend to habitually accept their emotions and
thoughts without judging them—a process here referred to as habitual acceptance …

This research explores vagal flexibility—dynamic modulation of cardiac vagal control—as an
individual-level physiological index of social sensitivity. In 4 studies, we test the hypothesis …

Abstract Theory and research on self‐regulation, emotional adjustment, and interpersonal
processes focus increasingly on parasympathetic functioning, using measures of vagally …

Objective: High frequency (HF) heart rate variability (HRV) has long been accepted as an
index of cardiac vagal control. Recent studies report relationships between HF-HRV and …

Objective: Client–therapist physiological synchrony has recently attracted significant
empirical attention. Recent theoretical accounts propose that physiological linkages should …

Objective High levels of high‐frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV), related to
parasympathetic-nervous-system functioning, have been associated with longer survival in …

Intentionally hurting one's body (deliberate self-harm; DSH) is theorized to be associated
with high negative emotional reactivity and poor emotion regulation ability. However, little …

Although people who experience happiness tend to have better psychological health,
people who value happiness to an extreme tend to have worse psychological health …