Adolescents' neural reactivity to parental criticism is associated with diminished happiness during daily interpersonal situations.

ABSTRACT: The goal of this study was to examine the relation between real-world socio-emotional measures and neural activation to parental criticism, a salient form of social threat for adolescents. This work could help us understand why heightened neural reactivity to social threat consistently emerges as a risk factor for internalizing psychopathology in youth. We predicted that youth with higher reactivity to parental criticism (vs neutral comments) in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC), amygdala and anterior insula would experience (i) less happiness in daily positive interpersonal situations and (ii) more sadness and anger in daily negative interpersonal situations. Participants (44 youth aged 11-16 years with a history of anxiety) completed a 10-day ecological momentary assessment

SUBMITTER: James KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099162 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature