According to a new study, if a person has a solid heartbeat when he is disturbed about something than he competence be some-more receptive to stress.
The investigate conducted by a Concordia University in Qubec showed that a reduction non-static heartbeat when disturbed creates a person rarely stressed after on.
‘At rest, a more variable heartbeat is a good thing. It shows that your parasympathetic nervous system is hard at work. That is the system that is responsible for the ‘rest-and-digest’ state of being – the opposite of ‘fight-or-flight’,’ explained psychology professor Jean-Philippe Gouin.
The rest-and-digest phase puts you in a calm state that allows you to conserve and replenish your energy.
During the study, Gouin followed 76 university students during periods of lower stress at the beginning of term and higher stress during the exam period.
He found that, although all students experience similar challenges during finals, only some of them develop significant distress.
Researchers recorded participants' heart rate variability while they were relaxing and while they were thinking about things they tend to worry about most. They also tracked participants' moods at low stress and high stress periods during term.
"By pinpointing those in the general population who are most vulnerable to stress, we can intervene before they hit the breaking point - and hopefully prevent the negative consequences of stress by doing so," Gouin added.
The findings have been published in the journal Stress.
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