Open AccessHarsh parenting and youth systemic inflammation: Modulation by the autonomic nervous system.
Author(s) -
Assaf Oshri,
Erinn B. Duprey,
Sihong Liu,
Katherine B. Ehrlich
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000852
Subject(s) - systemic inflammation , inflammation , heart rate variability , autonomic nervous system , confounding , reactivity (psychology) , c reactive protein , sympathetic nervous system , medicine , psycinfo , psychology , heart rate , immunology , blood pressure , pathology , medline , biology , biochemistry , alternative medicine
The present study aimed to test the role of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in modulating the impact of family stress induced by harsh parenting on youths' inflammation. First, we examined the direct effect of severity of adverse parenting behaviors on two serum biomarkers of systemic inflammation (C-reactive protein and interleukin-6) among youth. Second, we tested the moderating role of ANS reactivity in response to laboratory-induced stress in the association between harsh parenting and inflammation among these youth.