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ArticlePsychoneuroendocrinology2025

Understanding temper loss in young children: Interactions among family violence, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and frontal asymmetry.

Daniel J Mulligan, Samantha Santos, Olivia Arciero, Brandon L Goldstein, Sarah A O Gray, Margaret J Briggs-Gowan, Damion J Grasso

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Daniel J MulliganDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA. Electronic address: dmulligan@uchc.edu.
Samantha SantosDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA; Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA.
Olivia ArcieroDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.
Brandon L GoldsteinDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA; The Snow Psychology Group, Rockville, MD, USA.
Sarah A O GrayDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA; Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Margaret J Briggs-GowanDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.
Damion J GrassoDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.

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Mapping Dimensional Aspects of Biobehavioral Threat Reactivity in Young, Violence-Exposed Children: Linkages to Fear and DistressU01MH113390 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI BRIGGS-GOWAN, MARGARET J, GRASSO, DAMION JOSEPH · 2018 to 2022
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Abstract

backgroundExposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) increases risk for emotion dysregulation and externalizing problems in young children. Individual differences in respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and frontal asymmetry (FA) have been shown to moderate the relations between early adversity and later problem behaviors. While theory and evidence suggest IPV, RSA, and FA may interact and help explain temper loss in young children, this has scarcely been explored.

methodThis study's socioeconomically diverse community sample included 143 right-handed children (M

resultsIPV exposure was positively associated with temper loss, p = .023. The association was moderated by RSA (p = .019) but not FA. At low RSA (-1 SD), IPV was associated with a 134 % increase in temper loss severity (p = .002); at high RSA (+1 SD), however, the association was non-significant. FA moderated the relation between RSA and temper loss such that RSA was negatively associated with temper loss when left frontal asymmetry was slight to strong (FA > 0.45 SD above mean).

conclusionsFindings highlight the utility of multisystem, interactive models of psychophysiological regulation in explaining risk for emerging psychopathology and suggest RSA as a modifiable target for early intervention.

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Domestic ViolenceRespiratory Sinus ArrhythmiaChildChild, PreschoolFemaleFrontal LobeHumansIntimate Partner ViolenceMaleProblem BehaviorEmotion regulationFamily violenceFrontal asymmetryRespiratory sinus arrhythmiaTemper lossYoung children

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