Sex differences in autonomic correlates of conduct problems and aggression

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 788-796

  Beauchaine, Theodore P ^a   Hong, James ^a   Marsh, Penny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cardiac pre ejection period; Conduct disorder; Electrodermal responding; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CONDUCT DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; AROUSAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85047686174     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.Ob013e318172ef4b     Document Type: Article

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