Heart period variability and psychopathology in urban boys at risk for delinquency

To examine associations between heart period variability (HPV) and psychopathology in young urban boys at risk for delinquency, a series of 69 7–11-year-old younger brothers of adjudicated delinquents received a standardized psychiatric evaluation and an assessment of heart period variability (HPV)....

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Published in:Psychophysiology 1998-09, Vol.35 (5), p.521-529
Main Authors: PINE, DANIEL S., WASSERMAN, GAIL A., MILLER, LAURIE, COPLAN, JEREMY D., BAGIELLA, EMILIA, KOVELENKU, PAVEL, MYERS, MICHAEL M., SLOAN, RICHARD P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autonomic control
Biological and medical sciences
Blood Pressure - physiology
Cardiovascular indices
Child
Child clinical studies
Children
Electrocardiography
Heart Rate - physiology
Hostility
Humans
Hypertension - genetics
Juvenile Delinquency - psychology
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - physiopathology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Obesity - genetics
Obesity - physiopathology
Prospective Studies
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Social behavior disorders
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Summary:To examine associations between heart period variability (HPV) and psychopathology in young urban boys at risk for delinquency, a series of 69 7–11-year-old younger brothers of adjudicated delinquents received a standardized psychiatric evaluation and an assessment of heart period variability (HPV). Psychiatric symptoms were rated in two domains: externalizing and internalizing psychopathology. Continuous measures of both externalizing and internalizing psychopathology were associated with reductions in HPV components related to parasympathetic activity. These associations could not be explained by a number of potentially confounding variables, such as age, ethnicity, social class, body size, or family history of hypertension. Although familial hypertension predicted reduced HPV and externalizing psychopathology, associations between externalizing psychopathology and HPV were independent of familial hypertension. Psychiatric symptoms are associated with reduced HPV in young urban boys at risk for delinquency.
ISSN:0048-5772
1540-5958
1469-8986
DOI:10.1017/S0048577298970846