Quality of life, emotion regulation, and heart rate variability in individuals with intellectual disabilities and concomitant impaired vision

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  • Background Positive associations have been found between quality of life, emotion regulation strategies, and heart rate variability (HRV) in people without intellectual disabilities. However, emotion regulation and HRV have rarely been investigated in people with intellectual disabilities. Assessment of subjectively reported quality of life and emotion regulation strategies in this population is even more difficult when participants are also visually impaired. Methods Subjective and objective quality of life, emotion regulationBackground Positive associations have been found between quality of life, emotion regulation strategies, and heart rate variability (HRV) in people without intellectual disabilities. However, emotion regulation and HRV have rarely been investigated in people with intellectual disabilities. Assessment of subjectively reported quality of life and emotion regulation strategies in this population is even more difficult when participants are also visually impaired. Methods Subjective and objective quality of life, emotion regulation strategies, and HRV at rest were measured in a sample of people with intellectual disabilities and concomitant impaired vision (N = 35). Heart rate was recorded during a 10 min resting period. For the assessment of quality of life and emotion regulation, custom made tactile versions of questionnaire-based instruments were used that enabled participants to grasp response categories. Results The combined use of reappraisal and suppression as emotion regulation strategies was associated with higher HRV and quality of life. HRV was associated with objective quality of life only. Emotion regulation strategies partially mediated the relationship between HRV and quality of life. Conclusions Results replicate findings about associations between quality of life, emotion regulation, and HRV and extend them to individuals with intellectual disabilities. Furthermore, this study demonstrated that quality of life and emotion regulation could be assessed in such populations even with concomitant impaired vision with modified tactile versions of established questionnaires. HRV may be used as a physiological index to evaluate physical and affective conditions in this population.show moreshow less

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Author: Adrian Meule, Katharina Fath, Ruben G. L. Real, Stefan Sütterlin, Claus Vögele, Andrea Kübler
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-96247
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften (Philos., Psycho., Erziehungs- u. Gesell.-Wissensch.) / Institut für Psychologie
Language:English
Parent Title (English):Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, Research and Practice
Year of Completion:2013
Source:In: Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, Research and Practice (2013) 3: 1, doi:10.1186/2211-1522-3-1
URL:http://www.psywb.com/content/3/1/1
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/2211-1522-3-1
Sonstige beteiligte Institutionen:Blindeninstitut, Ohmstr. 7, 97076, Wuerzburg, Germany
Dewey Decimal Classification:1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie
Tag:Cardiac autonomic regulation; Emotion regulation; Heart rate variability; Impaired vision; Intellectual disability; Quality of life
Release Date:2014/04/28
Collections:Open-Access-Publikationsfonds / Förderzeitraum 2013
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung