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Psychological, autonomic, and serotonergic correlates of parasuicide among adolescent girls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2005

SHEILA E. CROWELL ,
THEODORE P. BEAUCHAINE ,
ELIZABETH McCAULEY ,
CINDY J. SMITH ,
ADRIANNE L. STEVENS  and
PATRICK SYLVERS
SHEILA E. CROWELL
Affiliation:
University of Washington
THEODORE P. BEAUCHAINE
Affiliation:
University of Washington
ELIZABETH McCAULEY
Affiliation:
University of Washington
CINDY J. SMITH
Affiliation:
University of Washington
ADRIANNE L. STEVENS
Affiliation:
University of Washington
PATRICK SYLVERS
Affiliation:
University of Washington
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Abstract

Although parasuicidal behavior in adolescence is poorly understood, evidence suggests that it may be a developmental precursor of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Current theories of both parasuicide and BPD suggest that emotion dysregulation is the primary precipitant of self-injury, which serves to dampen overwhelmingly negative affect. To date, however, no studies have assessed endophenotypic markers of emotional responding among parasuicidal adolescents. In the present study, we compare parasuicidal adolescent girls (n = 23) with age-matched controls (n = 23) on both psychological and physiological measures of emotion regulation and psychopathology. Adolescents, parents, and teachers completed questionnaires assessing internalizing and externalizing psychopathology, substance use, trait affectivity, and histories of parasuicide. Psychophysiological measures including electrodermal responding (EDR), respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and cardiac pre-ejection period (PEP) were collected at baseline, during negative mood induction, and during recovery. Compared with controls, parasuicidal adolescents exhibited reduced respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) at baseline, greater RSA reactivity during negative mood induction, and attenuated peripheral serotonin levels. No between-group differences on measures of PEP or EDR were found. These results lend further support to theories of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity in parasuicidal teenage girls.This work was supported by grants from the Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, the Pediatric Clinical Research Center at Seattle Children's Hospital (M01-RR 00037), and the National Foundation for Suicide Prevention to Cindy J. Smith, and by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to Theodore P. Beauchaine (R01 MH63699). We express thanks to Trevor Aerts, Anna Amen, Tyson Bailey, Jordan Campbell, Breyen Engelhardt, Ashleigh Freize, Jennifer Gross, Barbara Kleine, Dana Kovalchick, Jenna Lee, Eileen Magill, Elise Mallman, Emily Miller, Andrea Moore, Seamus Morrone, Shelby Soike, and Aubriana Teeley.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , December 2005 , pp. 1105 - 1127
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