APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
The Heartbeat of Compassion: Measuring HRV in the Lab and Daily Life
- Ellen Steinke
Indiana Wesleyan University - Lydia Demmitt
Indiana Wesleyan University - Nuk Kongkaw
Indiana Wesleyan University - Brian Fry
Indiana Wesleyan University - Timothy Steenbergh
Lumen Research Institute - Timothy Steenbergh
Indiana Wesleyan University - Jason Runyan
- Jason Runyan
Indiana Wesleyan University
Abstract
In the lab, compassion has been associated with increased heart rate variability (HRV; Kirby et al., 2017) and heart rate deceleration (e.g., Eisenberg et al., 1996). Using ecological momentary assessment (EMA), we found within-person associations between reported compassion and an initial increase - followed by a stabilization - in HRV.
Emotion
