Autonomic arousal in children of parents with and without social anxiety disorder: a high‐risk study

Objective Autonomic hyperarousal in social situations is considered a genetic vulnerability factor for social anxiety disorder ( SAD ), but so far it is unstudied in children at risk for developing SAD . We examined autonomic activity during socially stressful tasks in children of mothers and fathers with and without lifetime SAD to reveal possible biological mechanisms of intergenerational transmission of SAD . Methods One hundred ten children...