Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Fivoor, Science and Treatment Innovation, Den Dolder, the Netherlands; Expertcentre "De Borg", Den Dolder, the Netherlands.
Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022 Jan;132:553-582. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.11.003. Epub 2021 Nov 10.
The associations between physiological measures (i.e., heart rate and skin conductance) of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity and severe antisocial spectrum behavior (AB) were meta-analyzed. We used an exhaustive partitioning of variables relevant to the ANS-AB association and investigated four highly relevant questions (on declining effect sizes, psychopathy subscales, moderators, and ANS measures) that are thought to be transformative for future research on AB. We investigated a broad spectrum of physiological measures (e.g., heart rate (variability), pre-ejection period) in relation to AB. The search date for the current meta-analysis was on January 1st, 2020, includes 101 studies and 769 effect sizes. Results indicate that effect sizes are heterogeneous and bidirectional. The careful partitioning of variables sheds light on the complex associations that were obscured in previous meta-analyses. Effects are largest for the most violent offenders and for psychopathy and are dependent on the experimental tasks used, parameters calculated, and analyses run. Understanding the specificity of physiological reactions may be expedient for differentiating between (and within) types of AB.
对自主神经系统 (ANS) 活动的生理测量指标（即心率和皮肤电导率）与严重反社会行为 (AB) 之间的关联进行了荟萃分析。我们详尽地划分了与 ANS-AB 关联相关的变量，并研究了四个高度相关的问题（关于递减效应大小、精神变态亚量表、调节变量和 ANS 测量），这些问题被认为对未来的 AB 研究具有变革性。我们研究了广泛的生理测量指标（例如心率（变异性）、射血前期）与 AB 的关系。当前荟萃分析的搜索日期为 2020 年 1 月 1 日，包括 101 项研究和 769 个效应量。结果表明，效应量是异质的和双向的。对变量的仔细划分揭示了先前荟萃分析中被掩盖的复杂关联。对于最暴力的罪犯以及对于精神变态，效应最大，并且取决于所使用的实验任务、计算的参数和运行的分析。理解生理反应的特异性可能有助于区分（和区分）不同类型的 AB。
