Impact of distressed and aggressive behavior.

Biglan, Anthony; Rothlind, Johannes C.; Hops, Hyman; Sherman, Linda A.

doi:10.1037/0021-843x.98.3.218

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“…It is intriguing that this increased reactivity was specific to angry behaviors displayed by fathers. Although both angry and dysphoric behaviors are potentially aversive to others, as noted above, they have somewhat different interpersonal implications and elicit different responses (Biglan et al, 1989). In particular, angry behavior reflects a clear threat signal (Blanchard & Blanchard, 2009), whereas this is not the case for dysphoric behavior.…”

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Heart rate responses to parental behavior in depressed adolescents

Allen

Kuppens

Sheeber

2012

Biological Psychology

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In order to more fully understand the abnormalities in emotional responding associated with adolescent depression we examined clinically depressed and non-depressed adolescents’ physiological responses to their parents’ negative emotional behavior, as indexed by their heart rate responses to parental angry and dysphoric behavior during laboratory-based interactions. Maternal angry and dysphoric behavior predicted heart rate deceleration amongst non-depressed adolescents, a response that was not observed in depressed adolescents. Fathers’ angry behavior predicted significant heart rate acceleration in depressed (but not non-depressed) adolescents, whereas fathers’ dysphoric behavior predicted heart rate deceleration amongst depressed but not amongst non-depressed adolescents. These findings are interpreted within the framework of orienting and defense cardiac responses, and suggest that reactivity in adolescent depression is characterized by the absence of a normative orienting response towards aversive maternal behaviors, and a defensive physiological response to aggressive paternal behavior.

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Heart rate responses to parental behavior in depressed adolescents

Allen

Kuppens

Sheeber

2012

Biological Psychology

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“…Biglan, Rothlind, Hops, and Sherman (1989) and Lovejoy and Busch (1993) showed that although distressed behavior elicited mixed affective reactions, it was also likely to elicit supportive behavioral responses. Given the association of such signals with increasing social value over the course of human evolution, we predict that such behavioral responses will have their own reward value.…”

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The Social Risk Hypothesis of Depressed Mood: Evolutionary, Psychosocial, and Neurobiological Perspectives.

Allen

Badcock

2003

Psychological Bulletin

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The authors hypothesize that depressed states evolved to minimize risk in social interactions in which individuals perceive that the ratio of their social value to others, and their social burden on others, is at a critically low level. When this ratio reaches a point where social value and social burden are approaching equivalence, the individual is in danger of exclusion from social contexts that, over the course of evolution, have been critical to fitness. Many features of depressed states can be understood in relation to mechanisms that reduce social risk in such circumstances, including (a) hyper-sensitivity to signals of social threat from others, (b) sending signals to others that reduce social risks, and (c) inhibiting risk-seeking (e.g., confident, acquisitive) behaviors. These features are discussed in terms of psychosocial and neurobiological research on depressive phenomena.

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“…They found that others find depressive behavior aversive (Biglan et al 1989) and that depressive social behavior is negatively reinforced. Specifically, when depressed women behaved in a depressed manner, other family members were less likely to act aversively (Biglan et al 1985, Hops et al 1987).…”

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Evolving Prosocial and Sustainable Neighborhoods and Communities

Biglan

Hinds

2009

Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol.

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In this chapter, we review randomized controlled trials of community interventions to affect health. The evidence supports the efficacy of community interventions for preventing tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; several recent trials have shown the benefits of community interventions for preventing multiple problems of young people, including antisocial behavior. However, the next generation of community intervention research needs to reflect more fully the fact that most psychological and behavioral problems of humans are inter-related and result from the same environmental conditions. The evidence supports testing a new set of comprehensive community interventions that focus on increasing nurturance in communities. Nurturing communities will be ones in which families, schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces (a) minimize biologically and socially toxic events, (b) richly reinforce prosocial behavior, and (c) foster psychological acceptance. Such interventions also have the potential to make neighborhoods more sustainable.

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Impact of distressed and aggressive behavior.

Cited by 54 publications

References 12 publications

Heart rate responses to parental behavior in depressed adolescents

Heart rate responses to parental behavior in depressed adolescents

The Social Risk Hypothesis of Depressed Mood: Evolutionary, Psychosocial, and Neurobiological Perspectives.

Evolving Prosocial and Sustainable Neighborhoods and Communities

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