Paternal depressive symptoms and infant respiratory sinus arrhythmia predict empathy-related behaviors.

IF 2.9 2区心理学 Q2 NEUROSCIENCES

Psychophysiology Pub Date : 2024-12-10 DOI:10.1111/psyp.14737

Yael Dann, Alisa Egotubov, Avigail Gordon Hecker, Eyal Sheiner, Florina Uzefovsky, Noa Gueron Sela

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Abstract

Children with specific psychophysiological profiles may be more strongly affected by adverse environmental experiences. Guided by a biopsychosocial perspective, we examined whether infant respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), an index of parasympathetic functioning, moderates the associations between paternal postpartum depression (PPD) symptoms and infants' observed empathy-related responses. Participants were 142 families with infants (51% female) assessed at two time points. At T1 (3 months of age), fathers reported their depressive symptoms. Infants' cardiac activity was recorded during rest and estimates of RSA were calculated. In addition, infants' empathy-related responses during a maternal distress simulation were observed and rated at T2 (12 months of age). Higher paternal PPD at T1 predicted higher infant affective (i.e., affective concern) and cognitive (i.e., inquiring behaviors) responses to maternal distress at T2. Infant RSA moderated this relationship for cognitive responses, with a significant positive association only for children with high or average RSA. These findings contribute to the understanding of the psychophysiological mechanisms that support empathy development.

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父亲抑郁症状和婴儿呼吸窦性心律失常可预测与移情相关的行为。

具有特殊心理生理特征的儿童可能更容易受到不良环境经历的影响。在生物心理社会视角的指导下，我们研究了婴儿呼吸窦性心律失常（RSA），一种副交感神经功能指标，是否调节父亲产后抑郁（PPD）症状与婴儿观察到的共情相关反应之间的关联。参与者是在两个时间点评估的142个有婴儿的家庭（51%为女性）。在1岁（3个月大）时，父亲报告了他们的抑郁症状。在休息时记录婴儿的心脏活动，并计算RSA的估计值。此外，在T2（12个月大）时，观察婴儿在母亲痛苦模拟中的共情相关反应并对其进行评分。父亲PPD在T1时越高，预示婴儿在T2时对母亲痛苦的情感（即情感关注）和认知（即询问行为）反应越高。婴儿RSA调节了认知反应的这种关系，只有在RSA高或平均的儿童中才有显著的正相关。这些发现有助于理解支持共情发展的心理生理机制。

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Psychophysiology 医学-神经科学

CiteScore

6.80

自引率

8.10%

发文量

225

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Founded in 1964, Psychophysiology is the most established journal in the world specifically dedicated to the dissemination of psychophysiological science. The journal continues to play a key role in advancing human neuroscience in its many forms and methodologies (including central and peripheral measures), covering research on the interrelationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of brain and behavior. Typically, studies published in Psychophysiology include psychological independent variables and noninvasive physiological dependent variables (hemodynamic, optical, and electromagnetic brain imaging and/or peripheral measures such as respiratory sinus arrhythmia, electromyography, pupillography, and many others). The majority of studies published in the journal involve human participants, but work using animal models of such phenomena is occasionally published. Psychophysiology welcomes submissions on new theoretical, empirical, and methodological advances in: cognitive, affective, clinical and social neuroscience, psychopathology and psychiatry, health science and behavioral medicine, and biomedical engineering. The journal publishes theoretical papers, evaluative reviews of literature, empirical papers, and methodological papers, with submissions welcome from scientists in any fields mentioned above.