Psychosomatic Medicine Tips for Better Browsing
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Pine, D. S.
Right arrow Articles by Shaffer, D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Pine, D. S.
Right arrow Articles by Shaffer, D.

Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol 58, Issue 4 342-353, Copyright © 1996 by American Psychosomatic Society

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Cardiac profile and disruptive behavior in boys at risk for delinquency

DS Pine, G Wasserman, J Coplan, B Staghezza-Jaramillo, M Davies, JE Fried, L Greenhill and D Shaffer
Department of Child Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.

The objective of this study was to examine associations in youth between antisocial behavior and cardiovascular profile. Younger brothers of adjudicated delinquents (N = 120) received a standardized psychiatric assessment and an assessment of three factors often studied in behavioral cardiology research: family history of hypertension, resting blood pressure, and obesity. As a group, relative to population norms, these youth exhibited signs of obesity and elevated blood pressure, with 30% of the sample appearing clinically obese and 24% having a blood pressure above the 90th percentile for national norms in their age cohort. Within the sample, score on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) Delinquency scale correlated with blood pressure (r = .29-.34) and an index of obesity, weight/height3 (r = .20). Further, scores on the CBCL Delinquency, Aggression, and Externalizing scales were elevated in boys with a positive family history of hypertension. Among boys at risk for delinquency, disruptive psychopathology relates to factors often studied in behavioral cardiology research. Relationships between risk factors for ischemic cardiovascular disease and hostile behavior may be manifested with measures of disruptive psychopathology.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 PediatricsHome page
J. C. Lumeng, K. Gannon, H. J. Cabral, D. A. Frank, and B. Zuckerman
Association Between Clinically Meaningful Behavior Problems and Overweight in Children
Pediatrics, November 1, 2003; 112(5): 1138 - 1145.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Pediatr PsycholHome page
K. M. Schneider, L. Nicolotti, and A. Delamater
Aggression and Cardiovascular Response in Children
J. Pediatr. Psychol., October 1, 2002; 27(7): 565 - 573.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 PediatricsHome page
P. L. Dobkin, R. E. Tremblay, and F. A. Treiber
Cardiovascular Reactivity and Adolescent Boys' Physical Health
Pediatrics, March 1, 1998; 101 (3): e11 - e11.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1996 by the American Psychosomatic Society