Heart rate variability reactivity and new romance: Cause or consequence?

Abstract:

:There are documented physiological differences between single and coupled individuals during the "honeymoon period" of nascent romantic relationships. One such difference is in autonomic reactivity, specifically heart rate variability (HRV) reactivity. This finding had previously been interpreted as evidence of a stress buffering effect of relationship formation. The present study explored among university women two competing longitudinal hypotheses conceptualizing differences in HRV reactivity as either a cause or a consequence of romantic relationship formation. Results did not support the hypothesis that HRV reactivity changes as a consequence of beginning a new romantic relationship. Instead, lower HRV reactivity predicted greater relationship formation amongst women with low BMI and higher resting HRV. The functioning of the heart therefore predicted the likelihood that an individual would find love. These interactions may be the result of differing success rates of various mating strategies for women with low and high BMI and HRV.

journal_name

Biol Psychol

journal_title

Biological psychology

authors

Bailey LK,Davis R

doi

10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.07.004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-09-01 00:00:00

pages

50-54

eissn

0301-0511

issn

1873-6246

pii

S0301-0511(17)30123-0

journal_volume

128

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