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Physiological Response to Social Evaluative Threat in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Edmiston, E. Kale, Jones, Robin M., Corbett, Blythe A.·2016·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
DOI 10.1007/s10803-016-2842-1PMC PMC5140009
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The Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) was employed to study response to social evaluative threat in male adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD, n = 21) and typical development (n = 13). Participants wore a mobile electrocardiogram to collect heart rate data. There were significant group effects on respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a measure of parasympathetic nervous system function, with lower values in ASD (F = 4.97). Bivariate correlations also showed a significant relationship between parent reports of social problems and RSA response to the TSST (r = -0.586). These findings suggest that autonomic dysregulation may contribute to social deficits in adolescents with ASD.

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  • The conclusion that children with ASD have reduced physiological self-regulation must be rejected since the average RSA value of children with ASD, between 12 and 18 years, was ~6.9 ln(ms2), which is entirely normal.

    “This conclusion must be rejected since the average RSA value of children with ASD, between 12 and 18 years, was ~6.9 ln(ms2) which is entirely normal.”

    From Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children Is Not Associated With Abnormal Autonomic Nervous System Function: Hypothesis and Theory (2022) · cites this paper as Edmiston et al. (23)

    The Results report significantly lower RSA in adolescent males with ASD than in typically developing males, both at baseline and during the social stress task. The Discussion interprets this as preliminary evidence of altered physiological self-regulation, contrary to the claim that the RSA finding is entirely normal. The retrieved passages do not give an average of ~6.9 ln(ms²) or establish a normal range for that value. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Edmiston, E. K., Jones, R. M., & Corbett, B. A.
Affiliations
Vanderbilt University (US)
Corresponding author
Corbett, Blythe A.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2016-06-18
Volume
46
Issue
9
Pages
2992-3005
ISSN
  • 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-3432
DOI
10.1007/s10803-016-2842-1
PMC
PMC5140009
OpenAlex
W2442900878
Cited by
43
References
108
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FWCI
2.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH085717)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, adolescents, social-evaluative threat, Trier Social Stress Test, heart rate, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, parasympathetic nervous system, autonomic dysfunction, social problems, social dysfunction
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Arousal, Child, Electrocardiography, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Parasympathetic Nervous System, Social Behavior, Stress, Psychological, Case-Control Studies, Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia

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