Electrodermal hyporeactivity and antisocial behavior: does anxiety mediate the relationship?

Fowles, Don C.

doi:10.1016/s0165-0327(00)00336-0

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“…Some authors consider this parameter as a simple index of emotion dissipation, while others argue that it might be associated with the attentional process, in which short recovery times would reflect an open attentional stance to the environment (Boucsein, 1992;Raine, Venables, & Williams, 1996). Personality disorders, and more particularly antisocial personality disorder, have been extensively studied regarding SCR (Fowles, 2000), and results showed that antisocial subjects are characterized by longer half-recovery times (Boucsein. 1992).…”

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“…More particularly, skin conductance response (SCR) is a classical and sensitive way to assess affective arousal and directly reflects sympathetic nervous system reactions (Dawson, Schell, & Filion, 2000). Interestingly, some studies have demonstrated that electrodermal activity (EDA) is related to behavioral inhibition and to individual differences in Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) strength (Clements & Turpin, 1995;Fowles, 2000). In contrast, other studies failed to link EDA to the activity of the BIS (Keltikangas-Jarvinen, Kettunen, Ravaja, & Naatanen, 1999;Sosnowski, Nurzynska, & Polec, 1991).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Personality traits modulate skin conductance response to emotional pictures: An investigation with Cloninger’s model of personality

Mardaga

Laloyaux

Hansenne

2006

Personality and Individual Differences

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Several studies found strong relationships between main personality dimensions and emotions, and more particularly between neuroticism and negative emotions, as well as between extraversion and positive ones. In these studies, personality was mainly assessed with respect to the big five model, and emotions were evaluated with subjective rating scales. To extend the exploration of the associations between personality and emotion, the aim of the present study was to investigate the relationships between Cloninger's dimensions of personality and emotional reactivity assessed by skin conductance response (SCR). In 55 normal subjects, SCR was recorded while they were presented pictures selected as positive, negative and neutral from the International Affective Picture System. The results showed no influence of personality on response magnitude, but subjects with higher harm avoidance scores showed longer half-recovery times for negative relative to neutral pictures. This result is consistent with the dispositional bias of harm avoidance to respond intensely to signals of aversive stimuli.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Personality traits modulate skin conductance response to emotional pictures: An investigation with Cloninger’s model of personality

Mardaga

Laloyaux

Hansenne

2006

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…The rationale that guided this research was the hypothesis that brain structures responsible for defensive reactions to proximal threat represent the main neural substrate of panic disorder (5,14,(39)(40)(41). Admitting that SPS measures a species-specific response, panic patients should be different from controls in this model.…”

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Pharmacology of human experimental anxiety

Graeff

Parente

Del-Ben

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Braz J Med Biol Res

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This review covers the effect of drugs affecting anxiety using four psychological procedures for inducing experimental anxiety applied to healthy volunteers and patients with anxiety disorders. The first is aversive conditioning of the skin conductance responses to tones. The second is simulated public speaking, which consists of speaking in front of a video camera, with anxiety being measured with psychometric scales. The third is the Stroop Color-Word test, in which words naming colors are painted in the same or in a different shade, the incongruence generating a cognitive conflict. The last test is a human version of a thoroughly studied animal model of anxiety, fear-potentiated startle, in which the eye-blink reflex to a loud noise is recorded. The evidence reviewed led to the conclusion that the aversive conditioning and potentiated startle tests are based on classical conditioning of anticipatory anxiety. Their sensitivity to benzodiazepine anxiolytics suggests that these models generate an emotional state related to generalized anxiety disorder. On the other hand, the increase in anxiety determined by simulated public speaking is resistant to benzodiazepines and sensitive to drugs affecting serotonergic neurotransmission. This pharmacological profile, together with epidemiological evidence indicating its widespread prevalence, suggests that the emotional state generated by public speaking represents a species-specific response that may be related to social phobia and panic disorder.

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“…EDR is also a reliable correlate of aggression, and it is interpreted as a reflection of the poor BIS system (44). Lower EDR is associated with low anxiety and impulsivity, as well as deficit controls of emotional expression (44).…”

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“…Lower EDR is associated with low anxiety and impulsivity, as well as deficit controls of emotional expression (44). During the presentation of various scenes, EDR measuring showed that children with psychopathic tendencies had weaker autonomic reactivity to the suffering of other people (27).…”

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Neurobiology of violence in children and adolescents

Šimić

2013

Pediatr Today

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This paper gives a brief insight into the basic concepts of biological theories of personality with the purpose of understanding the personality profile of risk for antisocial behaviour in children and adolescents. The interest for the biological processes underlying the different personality traits and psychopathology in children and adolescents has increased in recent years. Therefore, the aim of this review is to summarize the results of the previous studies on the role of the personality and following neurobiological systems: testosterone, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal gland axis, autonomic nervous system and monoamine neurotransmitters in violent behaviour in children and adolescents. The effect of interaction of different biological and psychosocial factors, possible interpretations, as well as directions for further investigations are also pointed out. Conclusion -Biological processes play a key role in the genesis of violent behaviour. However, further research should also take into consideration the complexity of their interactive relationship and the impact of various adverse environmental factors.

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Electrodermal hyporeactivity and antisocial behavior: does anxiety mediate the relationship?

Cited by 141 publications

References 23 publications

Personality traits modulate skin conductance response to emotional pictures: An investigation with Cloninger’s model of personality

Personality traits modulate skin conductance response to emotional pictures: An investigation with Cloninger’s model of personality

Pharmacology of human experimental anxiety

Neurobiology of violence in children and adolescents

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