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September 10, 2025Developmental Psychobiology

Autonomic Psychophysiology of Preadolescent Anxiety: Within‐ and Cross‐System Interactions Between Measures of Autonomic Nervous System Reactivity to Social Stress

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AKAlexander K. KaepplerSEStephen A. Erath

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Overview

Observational analysis reveals significant interactions between autonomic responses and anxiety, indicating crucial risk factors in preadolescent mental health.

Key Points

  • Preadolescents showed significant anxiety responses linked to their autonomic nervous system reactivity during social stress.
  • The interaction between skin conductance level and pre-ejection period significantly predicted context-specific anxiety in participants.
  • Higher levels of pre-ejection period reactivity were associated with lower global anxiety when linked to respiratory sinus arrhythmia.
  • Enhanced sympathetic nervous system activity during stress may highlight risk factors for anxiety in young individuals.

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Kaeppler et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1872d9b7b07f3a061150dhttps://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70081
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