Associations between age, social reward processing and social anxiety symptoms.

ABSTRACT: Reward processing undergoes marked changes in adolescence, with social interactions representing a powerful source of reward. Reward processing is also an important factor in the development of social anxiety disorder, a condition that most commonly first appears in adolescence. This study investigated the relationship between age, social reward processing and social anxiety in a cross-sectional sample of female participants (N = 80) aged 13-34. Participants performed two versions of a probabilistic reward anticipation task, in which a speeded response could result in different probabilities of receiving either social or monetary rewarding feedback. Participants also completed self-report assessments of social reward value, trait anxiety and social anxiety symptoms. At high reward probabil

SUBMITTER: Kilford EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10113964 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature