ArticleDevelopment and psychopathology2021
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia as a moderator of early maltreatment effects on later externalizing problems.
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- Childhood violence exposure and externalizing behaviors: A systematic review of the role of physiological biomarkers.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Understanding temper loss in young children: Interactions among family violence, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and frontal asymmetry.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Nonlinear Moderation Effect of Vagal Regulation on the Link between Childhood Trauma and Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia is related to emotion reactivity to social-evaluative stress.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Autonomic Nervous System Inflexibility During Parent-child Interactions is Related to Callous-unemotional Traits in Youth Aged 10-14 Years Old.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2021Article
- An autonomic nervous system context of harsh parenting and youth aggression versus delinquency.Biological psychology · 2020Article
- Sex moderated and RSA mediated effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on behavior problems at age 7.Neurotoxicology and teratologyArticle
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Abstract
Physiological regulation may interact with early experiences such as maltreatment to increase risk for behavior problems. In the current study, we investigate the role of parasympathetic nervous system regulation (respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA] at rest and in response to a frustration task) as a moderator of the association between early risk for maltreatment (i.e., involvement with Child Protective Services; CPS) and externalizing behavior problems in middle childhood. CPS involvement was associated with elevated externalizing problems, but only among children with average to high RSA at rest and average to high RSA withdrawal in response to frustration. Effects appeared to be specific to CPS involvement as the association between cumulative risk (i.e., nonmaltreatment experiences of early adversity) and externalizing problems was not significantly moderated by RSA activity. These findings are consistent with the theoretical idea that the consequences of early maltreatment for later externalizing behavior problems depend on children's biological regulation abilities.
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