Purpose

Previous research has indicated that low resting heart rate (RHR), measured at age 18, predicts later psychopathy, and that high RHR acts as a protective factor in nullifying the influence of several psychosocial risk factors in predicting later antisocial and criminal outcomes. This paper aims to investigate high RHR as a protective factor against age 8–10 psychosocial risk factors in predicting psychopathy factors at age 48 (measured by the PCL:SV).

Design/methodology/approach

Data collected in the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development are analyzed. This is a prospective longitudinal study of 411 London males from age 8 to age 61.

Findings

This paper first reports the age 8–10 psychosocial risk factors that predict the interpersonal/affective Factor 1 and the lifestyle/antisocial Factor 2. Then interaction effects with high RHR are studied. The results indicate that high RHR acts as a protective factor against a convicted father and a depressed mother in predicting both psychopathy factors. It also protected against harsh discipline, large family size, low verbal IQ, high hyperactivity, poor parental supervision and a high delinquency-rate school in predicting one of these psychopathy factors, and against a convicted mother in a sensitivity analysis.

Originality/value

This is the first ever longitudinal study showing that high RHR acts as a protective factor in the prediction of psychopathy. The replicated results with different antisocial outcomes show that more research is warranted on the protective effects of high RHR.

中文翻译：

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高静息心率可防止儿童期危险因素预测成人精神病

目的

先前的研究表明，在 18 岁时测量的低静息心率 (RHR) 可预测后期出现精神病，而高 RHR 可作为保护因素，消除几种心理社会风险因素对预测后期反社会和犯罪结果的影响。本文旨在研究高 RHR 作为预防 8-10 岁心理社会风险因素的保护因素，以预测 48 岁的精神病因素（由 PCL:SV 测量）。

设计/方法/方法

对剑桥不良发展研究中收集的数据进行了分析。这是一项针对 411 名 8 至 61 岁伦敦男性的前瞻性纵向研究。

发现

本文首先报告了预测人际/情感因素 1 和生活方式/反社会因素 2 的 8-10 岁心理社会风险因素。然后研究了与高 RHR 的交互作用。结果表明，在预测两种精神病因素时，高 RHR 是对被定罪的父亲和抑郁的母亲的保护因素。在预测这些精神病因素之一时，它还可以防止严厉的纪律、庞大的家庭规模、低语言智商、高活动性、父母监督不力和高犯罪率学校，并在敏感性分析中防止被定罪的母亲。

原创性/价值

这是有史以来第一项纵向研究，表明高 RHR 是预测精神病的保护因素。具有不同反社会结果的重复结果表明，需要对高 RHR 的保护作用进行更多的研究。