Self-Compassion Demonstrating a Dual Relationship with Pain Dependent on High-Frequency Heart Rate Variability

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Self-compassion, pain, and the moderating influence of HF-HRV. (a) The boxplot of self-compassion. (b) The dynamics of pain intensity ratings (mean ± SEM). (c) The frequency-based HRV. The shaded area represents the SEM. (d) HF-HRV moderated the association between self-compassion and pain. Self-compassion was associated with more pain when HF-HRV was lower (−1 SD), while related to lower pain in individuals with higher HF-HRV (+1 SD). a.u. denotes arbitrary unit. AUC denotes the area under the curve. SEM denotes the standard error of the mean.

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