TY - JOUR
T1 - Resting autonomic nervous system activity is unrelated to antisocial behaviour dimensions in adolescents: Cross-sectional findings from a European multi-centre study
AU - Prätzlich, Martin
AU - Oldenhof, Helena
AU - Steppan, Martin
AU - Ackermann, Katharina
AU - Baker, Rosalind
AU - Batchelor, Molly
AU - Baumann, Sarah
AU - Bernhard, Anka
AU - Clanton, Roberta
AU - Dikeos, Dimitris
AU - Dochnal, Roberta
AU - Fehlbaum, Lynn Valérie
AU - Fernández-Rivas, Aranzazu
AU - González de Artaza-Lavesa, Maider
AU - Gonzalez-Madruga, Karen
AU - Guijarro, Silvina
AU - Gundlach, Malou
AU - Herpertz-Dahlmann, Beate
AU - Hervas, Amaia
AU - Jansen, Lucres
AU - Kerexeta-Lizeaga, I. aki
AU - Kersten, Linda
AU - Kirchner, Marietta
AU - Kohls, Gregor
AU - Konsta, Angeliki
AU - Lazaratou, Helen
AU - Martinelli, Anne
AU - Menks, Willeke Martine
AU - Puzzo, Ignazio
AU - Raschle, Nora Maria
AU - Rogers, Jack
AU - Siklósi, R. ka
AU - Smaragdi, Areti
AU - Vriends, Noortje
AU - Konrad, Kerstin
AU - de Brito, Stephane
AU - Fairchild, Graeme
AU - Kieser, Meinhard
AU - Freitag, Christine M.
AU - Popma, Arne
AU - Stadler, Christina
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.01.004
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.01.004
M3 - Article
SN - 0047-2352
VL - 65
JO - JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
JF - JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
M1 - 101536
ER -