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Cavelti, Marialuisa, Rinnewitz, Lena, Walter, Moritz, van der Venne, Patrice, Parzer, Peter, Josi, Johannes ORCID: 0000-0002-2069-6848, Bertsch, Katja, Brunner, Romuald, Resch, Franz, Koenig, Julian and Kaess, Michael . Psychobiological Correlates of Aggression in Female Adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder. Psychopathology. BASEL: KARGER. ISSN 1423-033X

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Abstract

Introduction: Aggressive behavior in reaction to threats, frustration, or provocation is prevalent in borderline personality disorder (BPD). This study investigated aggressive behavior and its biological correlates in adolescents with BPD. Methods: Twenty-one female adolescents with a DSM-IV BPD diagnosis and 25 sex- and age-matched healthy controls participated in the Taylor Aggression Paradigm (TAP), a laboratory-based experiment measuring aggressive behavior in the interpersonal context. Heart rate was measured and saliva samples were taken throughout the experiment. Results: Multilevel mixed-effects linear regression analyses revealed no significant group difference in aggressive behavior induced by the TAP. Additionally, the two groups did not differ in cortisol, testosterone, and heart rate responses to the aggression induction. The BPD group showed a significant cortisol increase in the time preceding the start of the TAP in contrast to the healthy control group, in whom a significant heart rate increase from baseline to the first block of the TAP was observed. Discussion: There was no evidence, either at the phenomenological or the biological level, of increased task-induced aggression in adolescents with BPD. The results may indicate that adolescents with BPD experienced fearful stress in anticipation of the experimental task in contrast to healthy controls who showed an adaptive response of the autonomic nervous system necessary to deal with the upcoming demand.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Cavelti, Marialuisa UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rinnewitz, Lena UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Walter, Moritz UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED van der Venne, Patrice UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Parzer, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Josi, Johannes UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2069-6848 UNSPECIFIED Bertsch, Katja UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Brunner, Romuald UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Resch, Franz UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Koenig, Julian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kaess, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-591614
DOI:	10.1159/000520228
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychopathology
Publisher:	KARGER
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	1423-033X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language RESTING HEART-RATE; ANTISOCIAL-BEHAVIOR; EMOTION DYSREGULATION; CARDIAC-FUNCTION; VAGAL TONE; CORTISOL; TESTOSTERONE; SYMPTOMS; VIOLENCE; INTERVENTION Multiple languages Psychiatry Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59161