Externalizing and Internalizing Problems in Relation to Autonomic Function: A Population-Based Study in Preadolescents

Autor/inn/en	Dietrich, Andrea; Riese, Harriette; Sondeijker, Frouke E. P. L.; Greaves-Lord, Kirstin; van Roon, Arie M.; Ormel, Johan; Neeleman, Jan; Rosmalen, Judith G. M.
Titel	Externalizing and Internalizing Problems in Relation to Autonomic Function: A Population-Based Study in Preadolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 46 (2007) 3, S.378 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-8567
Schlagwörter	Metabolism; Child Behavior; Check Lists; Preschool Children; Preadolescents; Foreign Countries; Anxiety; Statistical Analysis; Netherlands; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stoffwechsel; Checkliste; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Ausland; Angst; Statistische Analyse; Niederlande
Abstract	Objective: To investigate whether externalizing and internalizing problems are related to lower and higher heart rate (HR), respectively, and to explore the relationship of these problems with respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS). Moreover, to study whether problems present at both preschool and preadolescent age show stronger associations with autonomic function than those that were not. Method: In a population cohort of 10- to 13-year-old children (N = 931; 11.6 [+ or -] 0.5 years; 47% boys), autonomic measurements in supine and standing position were performed at school. RSA and BRS were determined by spectral analysis. Current externalizing and internalizing problems were assessed by the Child Behavior Checklist and problems at age 4 to 5 retrospectively by the Preschool Behavior Questionnaire. Results: At supine rest, current externalizing problems were associated with lower HR and higher RSA, but not with BRS and current internalizing problems with higher HR and lower RSA, but not with BRS. These results were specifically found in children with problems that were retrospectively reported to have been also present at preschool age. Standing-induced changes in autonomic parameters were unrelated to the behavioral dimensions. Conclusions: Externalizing and internalizing problems are associated with divergent autonomic patterns, suggesting autonomic underarousal and overarousal, respectively. Problems starting early in life may specifically account for this. This should be confirmed in prospective studies. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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