Reactive Heart Rate Variability and Cardiac Entropy in Children with Internalizing Disorder and Healthy Controls

Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Flaten, Magne Arve; Aslaksen, Per M.; Bornas, Xavier; Jacobsen, Karl

doi:10.1007/s10484-019-09444-0

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“…The study was part of a larger study investigating alternate ways of assessing psychotherapeutic change, including psychophysiological measures and affect integration. Some of the subjects and procedures have been described earlier ( 21 , 22 ). The children were assessed at the start of the project.…”

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“…These measurements were conducted in a calm environment and included 5 minutes of rest, a 5-min cartoon with sad content and 2 minutes of silent rest after the cartoon. The procedure has been described previously for a subset of the children ( 22 ). The ACI-interviews took place in a quiet room, and the children were offered something to eat and drink before the interview.…”

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“…Reactive heart rate variability is a marker of parasympathetic regulation and is believed to reflect a person’s ability to flexibly modulate and mobilize sympathetically mediated resources (such as increased heart rate and oxygen-metabolism) in the face of demands ( 33 ). In an earlier investigation, a subset of the children was assessed for reactive heart rate variability during a sad cartoon ( 22 ). This study found lower reactive heart rate variability in the children with internalizing problems compared to the controls.…”

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Differences in affect integration in children with and without internalizing difficulties

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Background:Affect represents an important source of information about our internal state and the external world that can motivate and vitalize us. When affect is poorly integrated, this can lead to problems with self-regulation and psychopathology. Few studies have investigated affect integration in children. Objective: This study investigates differences in affect integration in children with and without internalizing difficulties. Method: Thirty-three Norwegian children (aged 9-13) with and 24 children without internalizing difficulties were interviewed with the Affect Consciousness Interview (ACI), a measure of affect integration.

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“…The children were assessed in a quiet room by a senior clinical child psychologist with extensive experience working with children and affect integration. The assessment took place after the completion of a different part of the project involving heart rate measurements described previously (Fiskum et al, 2019).…”

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Changes in Affect Integration and Internalizing Symptoms After Time-Limited Intersubjective Child Psychotherapy—A Pilot Study

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Time-limited intersubjective child-psychotherapy (TIC) is an intensive, structured right-brain oriented therapeutic approach for children and caregivers aimed at both symptom reduction and strengthening core developmental processes such as affect integration. This is the first study to investigate changes in internalizing symptoms and affect integration after TIC. Thirty-three children between 9 and 13 years with internalizing difficulties were assessed after 10 h of TIC. Internalizing symptoms were assessed through the child behavior checklist and affect integration with the affect consciousness interview (ACI). Scores from the children with internalizing difficulties were modeled in a mixed linear model along with data from a control group without internalizing difficulties (n = 24) to control for effects of time and learning. Affect integration increased significantly from time 1 to time 2 in the children with internalizing problems, but not in the control children. Internalizing symptoms were also significantly reduced in the children with internalizing difficulties from time 1 to time 2. The results indicate that TIC may contribute to a decrease in symptoms along with an increase in affect integration in children with internalizing difficulties, making the children better able to notice, tolerate and communicate affective states. This can, in turn, aid development and day-to-day regulation and interactions. The article explores key elements of TIC, such as affective attunement, relational repair, and work with caregivers using one of the individual therapies in the study as an example. The article argues that TIC represents a right-hemisphere to right-hemisphere therapeutic approach to healing that can both enhance important common therapeutic factors such a relation and alliance and bring about growth-promoting change.

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Reactive Heart Rate Variability and Cardiac Entropy in Children with Internalizing Disorder and Healthy Controls

Abstract: for valuable discussions and input on the results. Finally, we wish to thank the reviewers for helpful comments on the manuscript. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Differences in affect integration in children with and without internalizing difficulties

Differences in affect integration in children with and without internalizing difficulties

Changes in Affect Integration and Internalizing Symptoms After Time-Limited Intersubjective Child Psychotherapy—A Pilot Study

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