Effects of A Brief Resonance Frequency Breathing Exercise on Heart Rate Variability and Inhibitory Control in the Context of Generalised Anxiety Disorder.
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| Title: | Effects of A Brief Resonance Frequency Breathing Exercise on Heart Rate Variability and Inhibitory Control in the Context of Generalised Anxiety Disorder. |
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| Authors: | Spalding, David M. (AUTHOR), Ejoor, Toni (AUTHOR), Zhao, Xiaochang (AUTHOR), Bomarsi, Daniele (AUTHOR), Ciliberti, Martina (AUTHOR), Ottaviani, Cristina (AUTHOR), Valášek, Milan (AUTHOR), Hirsch, Colette (AUTHOR), Critchley, Hugo D. (AUTHOR), Meeten, Frances (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback. Jun2025, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p213-233. 21p. |
| Subjects: | Heart beat, Response inhibition, Breathing exercises, Resonance effect, Respiration |
| Abstract: | Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is associated with cognitive and physiological symptoms including uncontrollable worry, inhibitory control deficits, and low heart rate variability (HRV). Literature linking HRV and inhibition in GAD is predominantly correlational. The present experiment investigated whether HRV has a causal role in maintaining inhibitory control. Participants (N = 135, 111 female) aged 18–37 reporting high levels of symptoms associated with GAD (GAD-7 scores ≥ 10; Penn State Worry Questionnaire scores ≥ 56) were assigned to an experimental or active control condition and completed baseline measures of HRV, respiration rate, and inhibitory control. The experimental condition completed resonance frequency breathing (RFB) training, and the control condition practiced breathing at their mean breathing rate before repeating the inhibitory control assessment. Participants also completed the breathing training before a behavioural worry task. The experimental condition was predicted to show increased HRV, alongside improved inhibitory control and better ability to stop worrying as compared to the control condition. HRV increased during the experimental condition, as compared to the control condition. However, there were no significant effects of RFB on inhibitory control or worry, or on HRV during the inhibitory control tasks. In conclusion, RFB can increase HRV in high GAD scorers, but further research is required to determine whether there is a relationship between increased HRV and symptoms of GAD in a single session experiment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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