Neural sensitivity to social reward predicts links between social behavior and loneliness in youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Neural reward network sensitivity in youth is proposed to differentially impact the effects of social environments on social outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to test this hypothesis within a context of diminished in-person social interaction. We examined whether neural sensitivity to interactive social reward moderates the relationship between a frequency of interactive or passive social activity and social satisfaction. Survey reports of frequency of interactions with friends, passive social media use, and loneliness and social satisfaction were gathered in 2020 during mandated precautions limiting in-person contact. A subset of participants (age = 10-17) previously participated in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study examining social-interactive rew

SUBMITTER: Dziura SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10454977 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature