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January 19, 2017Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

The ADHD group exhibited reduced coherence between facial affect behavior and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (γ10 = –0.03, SE = 0.02, t(138) = –1.96, p = .05) compared to the control group which displayed a significant positive association (γ10 = 0.06, SE = 0.01, t(138) = 4.07, p < .001).

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Population

100 children (50 with ADHD combined presentation), 7–11 years of age, 62% male, 78% White

Comparison

Emotion induction and suppression task vs Typically developing children

Design

Case-control

Authors

EMErica D. MusserColumbia UniversityJNJoel T. NiggFlorida State University

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Overview

Reduced coherence between facial and autonomic emotion indices in ADHD may reflect dysregulation; leaves open whether coherence measures aid assessment or intervention.

Structured PICO

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Population
100 children (50 with ADHD combined presentation), 7–11 years of age, 62% male, 78% White
I
Intervention
Emotion induction and suppression task
C
Comparator
Typically developing children
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Outcome
Time-linked coherence of facial affect behavior and autonomic reactivity and regulation (respiratory sinus arrhythmia)surrogate

Children with ADHD exhibit weakened coherence between facial affective behavior and parasympathetic functioning compared to typically developing youth, suggesting a potential mechanism for emotion dysregulation.

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Musser et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a707967febe604dd709431fhttps://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1270828
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