Secure Attachment Representation in Adolescence Buffers Heart-Rate Reactivity in Response to Attachment-Related Stressors

Secure Attachment Representation in Adolescence Buffers Heart-Rate Reactivity in Response to Attachment-Related Stressors

To date, we know very little about the effects of the differences in attachment classifications on the physiological correlates of stress regulation in adolescent age groups. The present study examined for the first time heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) during an attachment interview...

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Published in:Frontiers in human neuroscience Vol. 16; p. 806987
Main Authors: Gander, Manuela, Karabatsiakis, Alexander, Nuderscher, Katharina, Bernheim, Dorothee, Doyen-Waldecker, Cornelia, Buchheim, Anna
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 17-02-2022
Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects:
adolescence
Adolescents
Adults
Altruism
attachment representation
Caregivers
Child development
Emotions
Heart
Heart rate
heart-rate reactivity
Human Neuroscience
Neurobiology
Physiology
psychophysiology
stress
Teenagers
attachment representation
adolescence
heart-rate reactivity
stress
psychophysiology
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Summary:To date, we know very little about the effects of the differences in attachment classifications on the physiological correlates of stress regulation in adolescent age groups. The present study examined for the first time heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) during an attachment interview in adolescents. HR and HRV data were collected during a baseline assessment as well as during the administration of the ( ) in a community-based sample of 56 adolescents (26 females and 30 males, mean age = 16.05 years [ = 1.10]). We additionally used the ( ) in 50% of our sample to test the convergent validity. Adolescents with a secure attachment representation showed a higher HRV from baseline to the interview compared to those with an insecure-dismissing (Ds) and the unresolved group. A comparison between the two insecure attachment groups showed no significant difference related to HR and HRV. Cohen's Kappa (κ = 0.81) revealed an almost perfect agreement between the and the for the four-group classification. Our results indicate that adolescents with a secure attachment representation are more capable of dealing with attachment-related distress which is represented in higher HRV during an attachment interview.
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This article was submitted to Cognitive Neuroscience, a section of the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Edited by: Viktor Müller, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany
Reviewed by: Cecilia Serena Pace, University of Genoa, Italy; Lars O. White, Leipzig University, Germany
ISSN:1662-5161
1662-5161
DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2022.806987