Implications of Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA) Inertia for Child Psychopathology: Direct Effect and Interaction With Between-Task RSA Reactivity.
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) inertia is the temporary dependency of RSA levels between consecutive epochs, which captures the epoch-to-epoch stickiness of RSA reactivity. Previous studies examining the developmental function of between-task RSA reactivity have yielded mixed findings and have o...
| Publicado en: | Developmental Psychology Vol. 61; no. 8; pp. 1441 - 1452 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=186508217&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 186508217 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00121649 DPS jtl: Developmental Psychology issn: 00121649 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2025 vid: 61 iid: 8 pid: 34 pub: American Psychological Association artinfo: ui: 186508217 10.1037/dev0001862 ppf: 1441 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Implications of Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA) Inertia for Child Psychopathology: Direct Effect and Interaction With Between-Task RSA Reactivity. aug: au: Xu, Jianjie Wang, Hui Morrow, Kayley Elizabeth Wang, Xinni Gao, Mengyu Miranda Liu, Sihan Hu, Yueqin Suveg, Cynthia Han, Zhuo Rachel affil: Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education, National Virtual Simulation Center for Experimental Psychology Education, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai Department of Psychology, University of Georgia su: China Parents Task performance Psychological stress Pathological psychology Children Risk assessment Statistical correlation Child psychopathology Research funding Sinus arrhythmia Descriptive statistics Cardiopulmonary system Research Exercise tests Comparative studies Data analysis software Disease complications sug: subj: Parents Task performance Psychological stress Pathological psychology Children China Risk assessment Statistical correlation Child psychopathology Research funding Sinus arrhythmia Descriptive statistics Cardiopulmonary system Research Exercise tests Comparative studies Data analysis software Disease complications keyword: child psychopathology externalizing symptoms inertia parasympathetic system respiratory sinus arrhythmia child psychopathology externalizing symptoms inertia parasympathetic system respiratory sinus arrhythmia ab: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) inertia is the temporary dependency of RSA levels between consecutive epochs, which captures the epoch-to-epoch stickiness of RSA reactivity. Previous studies examining the developmental function of between-task RSA reactivity have yielded mixed findings and have often overlooked RSA reactivity within the task. The present study examined whether RSA inertia during a stress task was associated with subsequent changes in child psychopathology symptoms. To have a comprehensive understanding of the function of RSA reactivity, we tested whether RSA inertia interacted with between-task RSA reactivity to jointly predict changes in child psychopathology symptoms. Eighty-nine middle-to-high income Chinese parent–child dyads were recruited. Children (M = 8.77 years, SD = 1.80 years, 41 girls) participated in a 2-min resting phase and then a 4-min stress task (a public speaking task), during which RSA was continuously recorded in the lab. Parents (M = 39.27 years, SD = 3.53 years, 67 mothers) reported on children's psychopathology symptoms in the lab and again 9 months later. Children with heightened RSA inertia tended to exhibit increased externalizing symptoms 9 months later. Moreover, RSA inertia interacted with between-task RSA reactivity to predict subsequent changes in externalizing symptoms. Children with the combination of lower RSA inertia and larger between-task RSA decreases had the lowest externalizing symptoms, suggesting an adaptive RSA reactivity pattern. Heightened within-task RSA inertia as well as reduced between-task RSA reactivity may help to identify children at risk for subsequent psychopathology symptoms, aiding in early intervention efforts. Public Significance Statement: The present study quantified the inertia of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA)—an important indicator of emotion and behavior regulation. RSA inertia within a stress task was associated with subsequent increases in child externalizing symptoms. Moreover, RSA inertia interacted with between-task RSA reactivity to jointly predict child externalizing symptoms. Both the between- and within-task reactivity of RSA may help detect school-age children at risk for subsequent psychopathology symptoms, aiding in early intervention efforts. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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