Stability of children's and adolescents' hemodynamic responses to psychological challenge: a three-year longitudinal study of a multiethnic cohort of boys and girls.
This report evaluated (a) the temporal stability of hemodynamic responses to three tasks using impedance cardiography, and (b) the influence of aging on stress responses in a multi-ethnic pediatric sample. One hundred children 8 to 10 years old and 49 adolescents 15 to 17 years old were tested at study entry and on average 3 years later. Results showed that the composite task-induced changes in stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), total peripheral resistance (TPR), and pre-ejection period (PEP) were moderately stable across 3 years (rs = .36 to .51), with children showing greater stability in task-induced CO change than did adolescents. However, the magnitude of the participant's stress responses changed over time, varied by task, age group, and gender. These results suggest that hemodynamic responses to stress change with aging during childhood and adolescence and that they can be measured reliably.
Matthews
Karen A
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. matthewska@msx.upmc.edu
Salomon
Kristen
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Kenyon
Karen
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Allen
Michael T
MT
D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D002307:Cardiography, Impedance; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D011603:Psychophysiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*