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Purpose: Autonomic nervous system (ANS) functioning has long been studied in relation to antisocial behaviour, but relevant measures (heart rate, heart rate variability, pre-ejection period, respiration rate) have rarely been considered together. This study investigated the relationship between these measures and antisocial behaviour. Methods: Using a sample of 1010 youths with (47.8%) and without conduct disorder (52.2%) aged between 9 and 18 years (659 females, 351 males, mean age = 14.2 years, SD = 2.4), principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to various measures of psychopathology and antisocial behavior. Structural equation modelling was performed in order to test whether the ANS measures predicted PCA-dimensions. Cluster analysis was used in order to classify patterns of ANS activity. Analyses were performed separately for males/females and controlled for body-mass-index, age, caffeine use, cigarette smoking, sports, socioeconomic status, medication, cardiac problems. Results: The PCA yielded three components: antisocial behaviour/comorbid psychopathology, narcissistic traits, and callous-unemotional traits. ANS measures were only weakly correlated with these components. Cluster analysis yielded high and low arousal clusters in both sexes. When controlling for covariates, all associations disappeared. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that resting ANS measures are only weakly related to antisocial behaviour and indicate that smoking should be considered as an important covariate in future psychophysiological studies. © 2018 The Authors
Συγγραφείς:
Prätzlich, M.
Oldenhof, H.
Steppan, M.
Ackermann, K.
Baker, R.
Batchelor, M.
Baumann, S.
Bernhard, A.
Clanton, R.
Dikeos, D.
Dochnal, R.
Fehlbaum, L.V.
Fernández-Rivas, A.
González de Artaza-Lavesa, M.
Gonzalez-Madruga, K.
Guijarro, S.
Gundlach, M.
Herpertz-Dahlmann, B.
Hervas, A.
Jansen, L.
Kerexeta-Lizeaga, I.
Kersten, L.
Kirchner, M.
Kohls, G.
Konsta, A.
Lazaratou, H.
Martinelli, A.
Menks, W.M.
Puzzo, I.
Raschle, N.M.
Rogers, J.
Siklósi, R.
Smaragdi, A.
Vriends, N.
Konrad, K.
De Brito, S.
Fairchild, G.
Kieser, M.
Freitag, C.M.
Popma, A.
Stadler, C.
