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Concordance between anxiety and autonomic nervous system activity in subjects at genetic risk for affective disorder

Zahn, Theodore P., Nurnberger, John I., Berrettini, Wade H., Robinson, Thomas N.·1991·Psychiatry Research
DOI 10.1016/0165-1781(91)90121-5
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Correlations between electrodermal and heart rate indices of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity and measures of state and trait anxiety were examined in 22 high-risk subjects, who had a parent with bipolar affective disorder, and in controls. Relatively consistent and significant correlations between anxiety and ANS "arousal" at rest and under stress were found in high-risk subjects, but not in controls. Relationships between electrodermal laterality and anxiety, and between electrodermal activity and heart rate, were also observed only in the high-risk group. The data suggest a unique concordance between various manifestations of anxiety in high-risk persons which may effectively increase the salience of stressful events and the sensitization to stress.

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  • Rates of physiological-subjective concordance are higher in clinical versus non-clinical samples, high versus low trait anxious undergraduates, children genetically at-risk for psychopathology versus low risk, and individuals with PTSD versus without PTSD.

    “Previous research suggests that rates of physiological-subjective concordance are higher in clinical vs. non-clinical samples (Sallis, Lichstein & McGlynn, 1980), high vs. low trait anxious undergraduates (Calvo & Miguel-Tobal, 1999), children genetically at-risk for psychopathology vs. children at low genetic risk (Zahn, Nurnberger, Berrettini, & Robinson, 1991), and individuals with PTSD”

    From Dispositional Mindfulness Uncouples Physiological and Emotional Reactivity to a Laboratory Stressor and Emotional Reactivity to Executive Functioning Lapses in Daily Life (2016) · cites this paper as Zahn, Nurnberger, Berrettini, & Robinson, 1991

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Authors
Zahn, T. P., Nurnberger, J. I., Berrettini, W. H., & Robinson, T. N.
Affiliations
National Institute of Mental Health (US)
Corresponding author
Zahn, Theodore P.
ORCID
Berrettini, Wade H.
Venue
Psychiatry Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1991-01
Volume
36
Issue
1
Pages
99-110
ISSN
0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0165-1781(91)90121-5
OpenAlex
W2088011734
Cited by
29
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
0.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
anxiety, autonomic nervous system activity, genetic risk, bipolar disorder, family history (medicine), electrodermal activity, heart rate, state anxiety, trait anxiety, stress arousal, stress sensitization
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Arousal, Autonomic Nervous System, Depressive Disorder, Female, Galvanic Skin Response, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Personality Tests, Risk Factors, Social Environment

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