Anxiety, antisocial behavior, and heart rate regulation in adolescent males

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 457-469

  Mezzacappa, Enrico ^a,d   Tremblay, Richard E ^e   Saul, J Philip ^a   Seguin, Jean ^b   Pihl, Robert O ^b   Kindlon, Daniel ^c   Arseneault, Louise ^e   Earls, Felton ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JUDGE BAKER CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Anxiety; Heart rate regulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING RATE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS TONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POSTURE; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030979350     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01531.x     Document Type: Article

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