Mood and neural responses to social rejection do not seem to be altered in resilient adolescents with a history of adversity

Fritz, Jessica, Stretton, Jason, Dahl Askelund, Adrian, Schweizer, Susanne, Walsh, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8195-7933, Elzinga, Bernet, Goodyer, Ian, Wilkinson, Paul and Van Harmelen, Anne-laura (2020) Mood and neural responses to social rejection do not seem to be altered in resilient adolescents with a history of adversity. Development and Psychopathology, 32 (2). pp. 411-423. ISSN 0954-5794

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Abstract

Childhood adversity (CA) increases the risk of subsequent mental health problems. Adolescent social support (from family and/or friends) reduces the risk of mental health problems after CA. However, the mechanisms of this effect remain unclear, and we speculate that they are manifested on neurodevelopmental levels. Therefore, we investigated whether family and/or friendship support at ages 14 and 17 function as intermediate variables for the relationship between CA before age 11 and affective or neural responses to social rejection feedback at age 18. We studied 55 adolescents with normative mental health at age 18 (26 with CA and therefore considered "resilient"), from a longitudinal cohort. Participants underwent a Social Feedback Task in the magnetic resonance imaging scanner. Social rejection feedback activated the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and the left anterior insula. CA did not predict affective or neural responses to social rejection at age 18. Yet, CA predicted better friendships at age 14 and age 18, when adolescents with and without CA had comparable mood levels. Thus, adolescents with CA and normative mood levels have more adolescent friendship support and seem to have normal mood and neural responses to social rejection.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: mental health resilience,social support,social rejection,anterior insula,dorsal anterior cingulate cortex,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Developmental Science
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Cognition, Action and Perception
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 17 Jan 2019 12:30
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 04:23
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69602
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/AVX6P

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