TY - JOUR
T1 - Heart rate and skin conductance associations with physical aggression, psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder and conduct disorder
T2 - An updated meta-analysis
AU - De Looff, Peter C.
AU - Cornet, Liza J.M.
AU - De Kogel, Catharina H.
AU - Fernández-Castilla, Belén
AU - Embregts, Petri J.C.M.
AU - Didden, Robert
AU - Nijman, Henk L.I.
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial and other support for this meta-analysis was available through a research grant from ?De Borg? and ?DForZo? (Directie Forensische Zorg; Board of Forensic Care).
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The associations between physiological measures (i.e., heart rate and skin conductance) of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity and severe antisocial spectrum behavior (AB) were meta-analyzed. We used an exhaustive partitioning of variables relevant to the ANS–AB association and investigated four highly relevant questions (on declining effect sizes, psychopathy subscales, moderators, and ANS measures) that are thought to be transformative for future research on AB. We investigated a broad spectrum of physiological measures (e.g., heart rate (variability), pre-ejection period) in relation to AB. The search date for the current meta-analysis was on January 1st, 2020, includes 101 studies and 769 effect sizes. Results indicate that effect sizes are heterogeneous and bidirectional. The careful partitioning of variables sheds light on the complex associations that were obscured in previous meta-analyses. Effects are largest for the most violent offenders and for psychopathy and are dependent on the experimental tasks used, parameters calculated, and analyses run. Understanding the specificity of physiological reactions may be expedient for differentiating between (and within) types of AB.
AB - The associations between physiological measures (i.e., heart rate and skin conductance) of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity and severe antisocial spectrum behavior (AB) were meta-analyzed. We used an exhaustive partitioning of variables relevant to the ANS–AB association and investigated four highly relevant questions (on declining effect sizes, psychopathy subscales, moderators, and ANS measures) that are thought to be transformative for future research on AB. We investigated a broad spectrum of physiological measures (e.g., heart rate (variability), pre-ejection period) in relation to AB. The search date for the current meta-analysis was on January 1st, 2020, includes 101 studies and 769 effect sizes. Results indicate that effect sizes are heterogeneous and bidirectional. The careful partitioning of variables sheds light on the complex associations that were obscured in previous meta-analyses. Effects are largest for the most violent offenders and for psychopathy and are dependent on the experimental tasks used, parameters calculated, and analyses run. Understanding the specificity of physiological reactions may be expedient for differentiating between (and within) types of AB.
KW - Aggressive behavior
KW - Antisocial behavior
KW - Autonomic nervous system
KW - CONCEALED INFORMATION
KW - EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY
KW - Electrodermal activity
KW - GENDER-DIFFERENCES
KW - Heart rate
KW - MALE-ADOLESCENTS
KW - Meta-analysis
KW - NERVOUS-SYSTEM ACTIVITY
KW - PARTNER-VIOLENT MEN
KW - PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIVITY
KW - PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES
KW - Psychopathy
KW - RATE-VARIABILITY
KW - RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA
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U2 - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.11.003
DO - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.11.003
M3 - Review article
VL - 132
SP - 553
EP - 582
JO - Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
JF - Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
SN - 0149-7634
ER -