TY  - JOUR
A1  - Koch, Anne
A1  - Pollatos, Olga
T1  - Cardiac sensitivity in children: Sex differences and its relationship to parameters of emotional processing
JF  - Psychophysiology : journal of the Society for Psychophysiological Research
N2  - In adults, the level of ability to perceive one's own body signals plays an important role for many concepts of emotional experience as demonstrated for emotion processing or emotion regulation. Representative data on perception of body signals and its emotional correlates in children is lacking. Therefore, the present study investigated the cardiac sensitivity of 1,350 children between 6 and 11 years of age in a heartbeat perception task. Our main findings demonstrated the distribution of cardiac sensitivity in children as well as associations with interpersonal emotional intelligence and adaptability. Furthermore, independent of body mass index, boys showed a significantly higher cardiac sensitivity than girls. We conclude that cardiac sensitivity in children appears to show weaker but similar characteristics and relations to emotional parameters as found in adults, so that a dynamic developmental process can be assumed.
KW  - Children
KW  - Emotional intelligence
KW  - Heartbeat perception
KW  - Heart rate variability
KW  - Interoceptive sensitivity
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12233
SN  - 0048-5772
SN  - 1469-8986
VL  - 51
IS  - 9
SP  - 932
EP  - 941
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Warschburger, Petra
A1  - Calvano, Claudia
A1  - Becker, Sebastian
A1  - Friedt, Michael
A1  - Hudert, Christian
A1  - Posovszky, Carsten
A1  - Schier, Maike
A1  - Wegscheider, Karl
T1  - Stop the pain: study protocol for a randomized-controlled trial
JF  - Trials
N2  - Background: Functional abdominal pain (FAP) is not only a highly prevalent disease but also poses a considerable burden on children and their families. Untreated, FAP is highly persistent until adulthood, also leading to an increased risk of psychiatric disorders. Intervention studies underscore the efficacy of cognitive behavioral treatment approaches but are limited in terms of sample size, long-term follow-up data, controls and inclusion of psychosocial outcome data.
 Methods/Design: In a multicenter randomized controlled trial, 112 children aged 7 to 12 years who fulfill the Rome III criteria for FAP will be allocated to an established cognitive behavioral training program for children with FAP (n = 56) or to an active control group (focusing on age-appropriate information delivery; n = 56). Randomization occurs centrally, blockwise and is stratified by center. This study is performed in five pediatric gastroenterology outpatient departments. Observer-blind assessments of outcome variables take place four times: pre-, post-, 3- and 12-months post-treatment. Primary outcome is the course of pain intensity and frequency. Secondary endpoints are health-related quality of life, pain-related coping and cognitions, as well as selfefficacy.
 Discussion: This confirmatory randomized controlled clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral intervention for children with FAP. By applying an active control group, time and attention processes can be controlled, and long-term follow-up data over the course of one year can be explored.
KW  - FAP
KW  - Randomized controlled trial
KW  - Cognitive behavioral intervention
KW  - Children
KW  - Pain
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-357
SN  - 1745-6215
VL  - 15
PB  - BioMed Central
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Warschburger, Petra
A1  - Kuhne, Daniela
T1  - Psychosocial determinants of quality of life in parents of obese children seeking inpatient treatment
JF  - Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
N2  - To examine and identify predictors of parental health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a sample of obese and very obese children participating in an inpatient program for treating obesity.
KW  - Health-related quality of life
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Parents
KW  - Children
KW  - Self-efficacy
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0659-y
SN  - 0962-9343
SN  - 1573-2649
VL  - 23
IS  - 7
SP  - 1985
EP  - 1995
PB  - Springer
CY  - Dordrecht
ER  -