Parental education and income are linked to offspring cortical brain structure and psychopathology at 9-11 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A child's socioeconomic environment can shape central aspects of their life, including vulnerability to mental disorders. Negative environmental influences in youth may interfere with the extensive and dynamic brain development occurring at this time. Indeed, there are numerous yet diverging reports of associations between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and child cortical brain morphometry. Most of these studies have used single metric- or unimodal analyses of standard cortical morphometry that downplay the probable scenario where numerous biological pathways in sum account for SES-related cortical differences in youth.

Methods

To comprehensively capture such variability, using data from 9758 children aged 8.9-11.1 years from the ABCD Study^®

SUBMITTER: Norbom LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10933599 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature