TY - JOUR
T1 - Rated and measured impulsivity in children is associated with diminished cardiac reactions to acute psychological stress
AU - Bennett, Carmel
AU - Blissett, Jacqueline
AU - Carroll, Douglas
AU - Ginty, Annie T.
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - This study examined the association between impulsivity and heart rate reactions to a brief psychological stress in pre-adolescent children. Impulsivity was assessed by two response inhibition tasks and maternal self-report. Heart rate was measured at rest and in response to a mental arithmetic challenge. Children high in impulsivity showed blunted cardiac stress reactions. This result resonates with previous findings that blunted stress reactivity is characteristic of a range of problematic behaviours often associated with impulsivity.
AB - This study examined the association between impulsivity and heart rate reactions to a brief psychological stress in pre-adolescent children. Impulsivity was assessed by two response inhibition tasks and maternal self-report. Heart rate was measured at rest and in response to a mental arithmetic challenge. Children high in impulsivity showed blunted cardiac stress reactions. This result resonates with previous findings that blunted stress reactivity is characteristic of a range of problematic behaviours often associated with impulsivity.
U2 - 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.07.009
DO - 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.07.009
M3 - Article
SN - 0301-0511
VL - 102
SP - 68
EP - 72
JO - Biological Psychology
JF - Biological Psychology
ER -