Citation

Rohmann UH, Elbing U, Hartmann H. Z. Kinder. Jugendpsychiatr. 1988; 16(4): 210-216.

Vernacular Title

Autoaggression und Pulsfrequenz--eine Langsschnittstudie.

Affiliation

Rheinischen Landesklinik Viersen FB Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie dem Zentrum für Autismusforschung und Entwicklungstherapie.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Verlag Hans Huber)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3245347

Abstract

This article presents a model of autoaggressive behavior in which a distinction is made between determining and maintaining factors. Specific environmental, in particular social, and organismic variables are linked to them. The two types of variables interact, thus causing or maintaining autoaggressive behavior. A theory of autoaggression must therefore rely on multicausal/multimodal explanations. A connection between autoaggression and a high level of arousal suggests itself. In this single-case longitudinal study a comparison was made between heart rate and frequency of autoaggressive behavior. High heart rates were found to be correlated with low frequencies of autoaggressive behavior and vice versa. Decreasing autoaggressive behavior was coupled with increasing muscle relaxation and increasing motor activity. However, abnormally high heart rates were associated with both low and high levels of motor activity.

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