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Parental Expressed Emotion and Psychophysiological Reactivity in Disturbed and Normal Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Euthymia D. Hibbs ,
Theodore P. Zahn ,
Susan D. Hamburger ,
Markus M. P. J. Kruesi  and
Judith L. Rapoport
Euthymia D. Hibbs*
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Building 10, Room 6N240, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD 20892, USA
Theodore P. Zahn
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Psychology and Psychopathology, DIRP, NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland
Susan D. Hamburger
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry Branch, DIRP, NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland
Markus M. P. J. Kruesi
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry Branch, DIRP, NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland
Judith L. Rapoport
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry Branch, DIRP, NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Increased spontaneous fluctuations in skin conductance (SC) in adult schizophrenics have been associated with high expressed emotion (EE) in their relatives. This is the first study in children where parental EE, parental psychopathology, and autonomic activity, indexed by SC levels and reactivity, have been assessed. The subjects were children and adolescents with disruptive behaviour disorders (DBD, n = 35), a psychiatric contrast group with obsessive–compulsive disorders (OCD, n = 42) and normal controls (NC, n = 45). Children living in homes with two high-EE parents had higher SC activity during rest period and slower adaptation to relaxation. Fathers' EE and maternal psychiatric diagnosis were related to higher SC activity, especially for the OCD group.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 160 , Issue 4 , April 1992 , pp. 504 - 510
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992 

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