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The Association between Work-Related Rumination and Heart Rate Variability: A Field Study

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2017
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Title
The Association between Work-Related Rumination and Heart Rate Variability: A Field Study
Published in
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2017
DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00027
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Authors

Mark Cropley, David Plans, Davide Morelli, Stefan Sütterlin, Ilke Inceoglu, Geoff Thomas, Chris Chu

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the association between perseverative cognition in the form of work-related rumination, and heart rate variability (HRV). We tested the hypothesis that high ruminators would show lower vagally mediated HRV relative to low ruminators during their leisure time. Individuals were classified as being low (n = 17) or high ruminators (n = 19), using the affective scale on the work-related rumination measure. HRV was assessed using a wrist sensor band (Microsoft Band 2). HRV was sampled between 8 pm and 10 pm over three workday evenings (Monday to Wednesday) while individuals carried out their normal evening routines. Compared to the low ruminators, high affective ruminators demonstrated lower HRV in the form of root mean square successive differences (RMSSDs), relative to the low ruminators, indicating lower parasympathetic activity. There was no significant difference in heart rate, or activity levels between the two groups during the recording periods. The current findings of this study may have implications for the design and delivery of interventions to help individuals unwind post work and to manage stress more effectively. Limitations and implications for future research are discussed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Russia 1 <1%
Unknown 132 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 14%
Student > Master 19 14%
Researcher 18 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 9%
Student > Bachelor 12 9%
Other 20 15%
Unknown 33 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 52 39%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 6%
Social Sciences 6 5%
Computer Science 4 3%
Sports and Recreations 4 3%
Other 20 15%
Unknown 39 29%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 298. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 February 2023.
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#115,726
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Outputs from Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
#61
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#2,779
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#3
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