Resting autonomic nervous system activity is unrelated to antisocial behaviour dimensions in adolescents: Cross-sectional findings from a European multi-centre study

Prätzlich, Martin; Oldenhof, Helena; Steppan, Martin; Ackermann, Kathrin; Baker, Rosalind; Batchelor, Molly; Baumann, Sarah; Bernhard, Anka; Clanton, Roberta; Dikeos, Dimitris; Dochnal, Roberta; Fehlbaum, Lynn Valérie; Fernández‐Rivas, Aranzazu; Artaza-Lavesa, Maider González de; Gonzalez-Madruga, Karen; Guijarro, Silvina; Gundlach, Malou; Herpertz‐Dahlmann, Beate; Hervás, Amaia; Jansen, Lucres M. C.; Kerexeta-Lizeaga, Iñaki; Kersten, Linda; Kirchner, Marietta; Kohls, Gregor; Konsta, Angeliki; Lazaratou, Helen; Martinelli, Anne; Menks, Willeke Martine; Puzzo, Ignazio; Raschle, Nora Maria; Rogers, Jack C.; Siklósi, Réka; Smaragdi, Areti; Vriends, Noortje; Konrad, Kerstin; Brito, Stéphane A. De; Fairchild, Graeme; Kieser, Meinhard; Freitag, Christine M.; Popma, Arne; Stadler, Christina

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.01.004

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“…Contrary to our expectations, within the multi-problem group we found no associations between any of the psychophysiological measurements and their psychopathic traits and aggressive behavior. This is at odds with previous studies(e.g., Latvala et al, 2015;Murray et al, 2016), although other recent studies also failed to find significant associations (Oldenhof et al, 2018;Prätzlich et al, 2018). Additionally, specifically the relationship between low resting heart rate and antisocial behavior has been weakening over the years of research (Portnoy and Farrington, 2015).…”

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“…Low resting HR has been meta-analytically shown to be related to various antisocial disorders and behaviors including conduct disorder/oppositional defiant disorder (CD/ODD), offending, aggression, and psychopathy ( Lorber, 2004 ; Ortiz and Raine, 2004 ; Portnoy and Farrington, 2015 ). However, effect sizes of the relationship have been shrinking with time ( Portnoy and Farrington, 2015 ) and some recent, large-scale studies have failed to find significant associations ( Oldenhof et al, 2018 ; Prätzlich et al, 2018 ). The relationship between other resting measures of the ANS and antisocial behavior has not been investigated as intensively as HR, but studies suggest that increased resting PEP is related to conduct problems and aggression ( Beauchaine et al, 2013 ); reduced resting SCL is related to psychopathy and conduct problems ( Lorber, 2004 ); and reduced resting RSA is related to externalizing problems and antisocial behavior ( Beauchaine et al, 2007 ; de Wied et al, 2009 ; Graziano and Derefinko, 2013 ).…”

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No Association Between Autonomic Functioning and Psychopathy and Aggression in Multi-Problem Young Adults

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BackgroundAberrant functioning of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) is an important factor in the occurrence of antisocial behavior. Baseline autonomic functioning and the responsivity of the ANS have been related to psychopathic traits and aggression. Here we investigated whether a naturalistic sample of male multi-problem young adults (age 18–27) present with similar autonomic deficits in relation to their psychopathy and aggression as previous studies observed in clinical samples.MethodsIn a sample of 112 multi-problem young adults, baseline autonomic functioning and autonomic responsivity to emotional stimuli were assessed through four physiological measures: heart rate, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, pre-ejection period, and skin conductance. 27 control participants were included primarily to assess whether the task worked appropriately. Participants watched a neutral 5 min video to assess baseline autonomic functioning and watched two sad clips to assess autonomic reactivity to sadness. We investigated the association between autonomic functioning and self-reported psychopathic traits and aggression within the multi-problem group.ResultsWe found no significant associations between autonomic functioning and psychopathy and aggression.ConclusionThese null-findings highlight the importance of research in naturalistic samples in addition to research in clinical and general populations samples and underscore the complexity of translating research findings into practical and clinical implications.

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No Association Between Autonomic Functioning and Psychopathy and Aggression in Multi-Problem Young Adults

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“…Treatment duration and age at release were added as covariates to all multivariable regression analyses. Furthermore, as advised by Grossman and Taylor (2007) and by Prätzlich, et al (Prätzlich et al, 2018) we corrected for the effect of respiration rate in the assessment of heart rate variability (HRV) and smoking (number of cigarettes on an regular day). No significant effects of the covariates emerged, therefore these results are not reported.…”

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Predicting youth reoffending after incarceration: added value of protective factors and heart rate variability

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“…For the baseline condition, a three-minute excerpt from a relaxing aquatic video (Coral Sea Dreaming, Small World Music Inc.) was presented. The aquatic video has been effectively used in previous studies with children to obtain baseline ANS measurements 49,50 and served as a low-level control condition to account for the possibility that observed synchronous hemodynamic and physiological changes were due to shared sensory input.…”

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Synchrony of mind and body are distinct in mother-child dyads

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Hyperscanning studies have begun to unravel the brain mechanisms underlying social interaction, indicating a functional role for interpersonal neural synchronization (INS), yet the mechanisms that drive INS are poorly understood. While interpersonal synchrony is considered a multimodal phenomenon, it is not clear how different biological and behavioral synchrony markers are related to each other. The current study, thus, addresses whether INS is functionally-distinct from synchrony in other systems - specifically the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and motor behavior. To test this, we used a novel methodological approach, based on concurrent functional near-infrared spectroscopy-electrocardiography, recorded while N = 34 mother-child and stranger-child dyads (child mean age 14 years) engaged in cooperative or competitive tasks. Results showed a marked differentiation between neural, ANS and behavioral synchrony. Importantly, only in the neural domain was higher synchrony for mother-child compared to stranger-child dyads observed. Further, ANS and neural synchrony were positively related during competition but not during cooperation. These results suggest that synchrony in different behavioral and biological systems may reflect distinct processes. Mother-child INS may arise due to neural processes related to social affiliation, which go beyond shared arousal and similarities in behavior.

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Resting autonomic nervous system activity is unrelated to antisocial behaviour dimensions in adolescents: Cross-sectional findings from a European multi-centre study

Cited by 19 publications

References 47 publications

No Association Between Autonomic Functioning and Psychopathy and Aggression in Multi-Problem Young Adults

No Association Between Autonomic Functioning and Psychopathy and Aggression in Multi-Problem Young Adults

Predicting youth reoffending after incarceration: added value of protective factors and heart rate variability

Synchrony of mind and body are distinct in mother-child dyads

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