Trajectories of cortical structures associated with stress across adolescence: a bivariate latent change score approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stress exposure in childhood and adolescence has been linked to reductions in cortical structures and cognitive functioning. However, to date, most of these studies have been cross-sectional, limiting the ability to make long-term inferences, given that most cortical structures continue to develop through adolescence.

Methods

Here, we used a subset of the IMAGEN population cohort sample (N = 502; assessment ages: 14, 19, and 22 years; mean age: 21.945 years; SD = 0.610) to understand longitudinally the long-term interrelations between stress, cortical development, and cognitive functioning. To these ends, we first used a latent change score model to examine four bivariate relations - assessing individual differences in change in the relations between adolescent st

SUBMITTER: Nweze T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952720 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature