Brief Report: Social Skills, Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms, and Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia in Autism

Autor/inn/en	Neuhaus, Emily; Bernier, Raphael; Beauchaine, Theodore P.
Titel	Brief Report: Social Skills, Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms, and Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia in Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44 (2014) 3, S.730-737 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-013-1923-7
Schlagwörter	Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Autism; Interpersonal Competence; Comparative Analysis; Males; Correlation; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Emotional Response; Metabolism; Psychopathology; Human Body + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Korrelation; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Emotionales Verhalten; Stoffwechsel; Psychopathologie; Menschlicher Körper
Abstract	Theoretical and empirical models describe respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) as a peripheral biomarker 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. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10