Conversational Task Increases Heart Rate Variability of Individuals Susceptible to Perceived Social Isolation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Personality Assessments
2.3. Conversational Task
2.4. Physiological Assessments
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Extraversion Personality Indexes
3.2. Physiological Responses for Binary Task Engagement States
4. Discussion
4.1. Personality Traits and Perceived Social Isolation
4.2. Conversational Task Broadly Modulates Physiological Signals
4.3. Physiological Signals Are Modulated Differently by Trait Extraversion
4.4. Conversational Task Is a Potential Therapy for Improving HRV
5. Conclusions
Limitation and Recommendation
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Extraversion Personality Scores | Extroverts | Introverts |
---|---|---|
(Mean ± SD) | ||
Big Five Inventory (BFI) | 3.88 ± 0.64 | 2.37 ± 0.52 |
(score range: 1~5) | ||
Eysenck’s Personality Inventory (EPI) (score range: 1~24) | 16.79 ± 2.12 | 7.07 ± 2.06 |
Physiological Data | Extroverts | Introverts |
---|---|---|
EDA | Z = −2.045, p = 0.0409 *, η2 = 0.299 | Z = −2.256, p = 0.0241 *, η2 = 0.364 |
Heart rate | Z = −1.846, p = 0.0649, η2 = 0.243 | Z = −2.274, p = 0.0229 *, η2 = 0.369 |
BVP amplitude | Z = 2.256, p = 0.0240 *, η2 = 0.364 | Z = 2.274, p = 0.0229 *, η2 = 0.369 |
RESP | Z = 2.872, p = 0.00408 *, η2 = 0.589 ^ | Z = 0.895, p = 0.371, η2 = 0.0570 |
HRMM | Z = −2.281, p = 0.0225 *, η2 = 0.372 | Z = −3.724, p = 0.000196 **, η2 = 0.991 ^^ |
SDRR | Z = −1.436, p = 0.151, η2 = 0.147 | Z = −3.929, p = 0.0000855 **, η2 = 1.103 ^^ |
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Feng, Y.X.; Roslan, N.S.; Izhar, L.I.; Abdul Rahman, M.; Faye, I.; Ho, E.T.W. Conversational Task Increases Heart Rate Variability of Individuals Susceptible to Perceived Social Isolation. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9858. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189858
Feng YX, Roslan NS, Izhar LI, Abdul Rahman M, Faye I, Ho ETW. Conversational Task Increases Heart Rate Variability of Individuals Susceptible to Perceived Social Isolation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9858. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189858
Chicago/Turabian StyleFeng, Ying Xing, Nur Syahirah Roslan, Lila Iznita Izhar, Muhammad Abdul Rahman, Ibrahima Faye, and Eric Tatt Wei Ho. 2021. "Conversational Task Increases Heart Rate Variability of Individuals Susceptible to Perceived Social Isolation" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9858. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189858