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Physiological arousal, distress tolerance, and social problem-solving deficits among adolescent self-injurers
- Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology
, 2008
"... It has been suggested that people engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) because they (a) experience heightened physiological arousal following stressful events and use NSSI to regulate experienced distress and (b) have deficits in their social problem-solving skills that interfere with the perfo ..."
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It has been suggested that people engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) because they (a) experience heightened physiological arousal following stressful events and use NSSI to regulate experienced distress and (b) have deficits in their social problem-solving skills that interfere with the performance of more adaptive social responses. However, objective physiological and behavioral data supporting this model are lacking. The authors compared adolescent self-injurers (n ϭ 62) with noninjurers (n ϭ 30) and found that self-injurers showed higher physiological reactivity (skin conductance) during a distressing task, a poorer ability to tolerate this distress, and deficits in several social problem-solving abilities. These findings highlight the importance of attending to increased arousal, distress tolerance, and problemsolving skills in the assessment and treatment of NSSI.
Biological sensitivity to context: The interactive effects of stress reactivity and family adversity on socioemotional behavior and school readiness
- Child Development
, 2010
"... This study examined the direct and interactive effects of stress reactivity and family adversity on socioemo-tional and cognitive development in three hundred and thirty-eight 5- to 6-year-old children. Neurobiological stress reactivity was measured as respiratory sinus arrhythmia and salivary corti ..."
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This study examined the direct and interactive effects of stress reactivity and family adversity on socioemo-tional and cognitive development in three hundred and thirty-eight 5- to 6-year-old children. Neurobiological stress reactivity was measured as respiratory sinus arrhythmia and salivary cortisol responses to social, cogni-tive, sensory, and emotional challenges. Adaptation was assessed using child, parent, and teacher reports of externalizing symptoms, prosocial behaviors, school engagement, and academic competence. Results revealed significant interactions between reactivity and adversity. High stress reactivity was associated with more mal-adaptive outcomes in the context of high adversity but with better adaption in the context of low adversity. The findings corroborate a reconceptualization of stress reactivity as biological sensitivity to context by showing that high reactivity can both hinder and promote adaptive functioning. A substantive body of work has established that environmental adversity can have a deleterious effect on children’s functioning (Luthar, 2006; Obradović, Shaffer, & Masten, in press; Rutter, 1983; Sameroff, 2006). Exposure to adverse, stressful events, such as marital conflict, maternal depres-
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia reactivity predicts emotion regulation and depressive symptoms in at-risk and control children
- Biological Psychology
, 2009
"... Gaining a better understanding of factors that contribute to depression in youth is critical given the disorder's debilitating nature and possible consequences (e.g., suicide attempts; ER and depression Researchers have theorized that depression results from problems with regulating one' ..."
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Gaining a better understanding of factors that contribute to depression in youth is critical given the disorder's debilitating nature and possible consequences (e.g., suicide attempts; ER and depression Researchers have theorized that depression results from problems with regulating one's emotions (e.g., ß
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"... Emerging evidence suggests that high resting heart rate variability in the respiratory frequency band, or respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) may capture individual differences in the capacity to engage in situationally appropriate regulation of affect and behavior. The authors therefore hypothesized ..."
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Emerging evidence suggests that high resting heart rate variability in the respiratory frequency band, or respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) may capture individual differences in the capacity to engage in situationally appropriate regulation of affect and behavior. The authors therefore hypothesized that high RSA may act as a protective factor against difficulties controlling negative affect and hostile behaviors in conflicts with romantic partners in highly rejection-sensitive individuals—a population otherwise vulnerable to these responses. Results were consistent with this hypothesis such that highly rejectionsensitive participants reported less emotion control and more hostility in conflicts only if they were also low in RSA. Furthermore, emotion control mediated the joint effect of rejection-sensitivity and RSA on hostile conflict behavior. These results are consistent with the argument that resting RSA is a marker of flexible responding in the context of highly emotional situations, and further suggest that it may serve as a protective factor particularly in vulnerable populations.
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"... Dissociation of sad facial expressions and autonomic nervous system responding in boys with disruptive ..."
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Dissociation of sad facial expressions and autonomic nervous system responding in boys with disruptive
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"... Correspondence between physiological and self-report measures of emotion dysregulation: A longitudinal investigation of youth with and without psychopathology ..."
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Correspondence between physiological and self-report measures of emotion dysregulation: A longitudinal investigation of youth with and without psychopathology
ORIGINAL PAPER The effects of self-injury on acute negative arousal: A laboratory simulation
"... Abstract Research suggests that performance of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with the reduction of high-arousal negative affect. The present study exam-ined this phenomenon in a laboratory setting. Individuals with a history of NSSI (n = 39) and non-NSSI controls (n = 33) underwent a ..."
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Abstract Research suggests that performance of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with the reduction of high-arousal negative affect. The present study exam-ined this phenomenon in a laboratory setting. Individuals with a history of NSSI (n = 39) and non-NSSI controls (n = 33) underwent an anger induction, and were ran-domized to self-administer either a high level of electric shock, or a mild shock (control condition) to their upper arm. Consistent with previous research, injurers displayed greater pain analgesia than controls. Contrary to expecta-tions, high shock did not result in enhanced arousal reduction for injurers. However, the high shock led to greater arousal reduction for injurers than controls. Nota-bly, in the high shock condition, higher levels of electrical stimulation (i.e., voltage administered) predicted greater reductions in negative arousal, whereas higher subjective ratings of pain predicted smaller reductions in negative arousal. This pattern suggests that more intense self-inflicted pain facilitates reduction of negative arousal provided the subjective experience of pain is not too aversive. Findings help clarify emotion-regulation models of NSSI.
BRIEF REPORT Brief Report: Social Skills, Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms, and Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia in Autism
, 2013
"... Abstract Theoretical and empirical models describe respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) as a peripheral bio-marker of emotion regulation and social competence. Recent findings also link RSA to individual differences in social functioning within autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, associations bet ..."
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Abstract Theoretical and empirical models describe respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) as a peripheral bio-marker of emotion regulation and social competence. Recent findings also link RSA to individual differences in social functioning within autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, associations between RSA and symptoms of internalizing/externalizing psychopathology in ASD have not been explored. We assessed RSA, social functioning, and internalizing/externalizing symptoms among boys with and without ASD. Compared with controls, participants with ASD evidenced reduced parasympathetic cardiac control, which correlated with social behavior. Symptoms were associated with deficiencies in RSA, over-and-above the contribution of social functioning. These findings yield a more nuanced understanding of parasympathetic function in ASD, and suggest a role for integrative intervention strategies that address socioemotional difficulties.