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Parasympathetic Response Profiles Related to Social Functioning in Young Children with Autistic Disorder

Psychophysiology studies of heart rate and heart rate variability can be employed to study regulatory processes in children with autism. The objective of this study was to test for differences in respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA; a measure of heart rate variability) and to examine the relationship...

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Autores principales: Sheinkopf, Stephen J., Neal-Beevers, A. Rebecca, Levine, Todd P., Miller-Loncar, Cynthia, Lester, Barry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3794559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24175094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/868396
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author Sheinkopf, Stephen J.
Neal-Beevers, A. Rebecca
Levine, Todd P.
Miller-Loncar, Cynthia
Lester, Barry
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description Psychophysiology studies of heart rate and heart rate variability can be employed to study regulatory processes in children with autism. The objective of this study was to test for differences in respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA; a measure of heart rate variability) and to examine the relationship between physiologic responses and measures of social behavior. Participants included 2- to 6-year-old children with Autistic Disorder and children without autism. Heart rate and RSA were derived from ECG recordings made during a baseline period and then a stranger approach paradigm. Social and adaptive behavior was assessed by parent report. Groups did not differ in mean heart rate or RSA at baseline or in response to social challenge. However, children with autism were more likely to show a physiologic response to intrusive portions of the stranger approach than to less intrusive portions of this procedure. Nonautistic children were equally likely to respond to intrusive and less intrusive social events. Within the autistic group, physiologic response to the intrusive stranger approach corresponded to higher ratings of social adaptive behaviors. These results suggest that physiologic responses to social challenge may help understand differences in social behavioral outcomes in children with autism.
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spelling pubmed-37945592013-10-30 Parasympathetic Response Profiles Related to Social Functioning in Young Children with Autistic Disorder Sheinkopf, Stephen J. Neal-Beevers, A. Rebecca Levine, Todd P. Miller-Loncar, Cynthia Lester, Barry Autism Res Treat Research Article Psychophysiology studies of heart rate and heart rate variability can be employed to study regulatory processes in children with autism. The objective of this study was to test for differences in respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA; a measure of heart rate variability) and to examine the relationship between physiologic responses and measures of social behavior. Participants included 2- to 6-year-old children with Autistic Disorder and children without autism. Heart rate and RSA were derived from ECG recordings made during a baseline period and then a stranger approach paradigm. Social and adaptive behavior was assessed by parent report. Groups did not differ in mean heart rate or RSA at baseline or in response to social challenge. However, children with autism were more likely to show a physiologic response to intrusive portions of the stranger approach than to less intrusive portions of this procedure. Nonautistic children were equally likely to respond to intrusive and less intrusive social events. Within the autistic group, physiologic response to the intrusive stranger approach corresponded to higher ratings of social adaptive behaviors. These results suggest that physiologic responses to social challenge may help understand differences in social behavioral outcomes in children with autism. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3794559/ /pubmed/24175094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/868396 Text en Copyright © 2013 Stephen J. Sheinkopf et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3794559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24175094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/868396
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