Here Comes Revenge: Peer Victimization Relates to Neural and Behavioral Responses to Social Exclusion.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to examine whether repeated victimization relates to differential processing of social exclusion experiences. It was hypothesized that experiences of repeated victimization would modulate neural processing of social exclusion in the insula, anterior cingulate cortex, and lateral prefrontal cortex. Furthermore, we hypothesized that repeated victimization relates positively to intentions to punish excluders. Exploratively, associations between neural processing and intentions to punish others were examined. The sample consisted of children with known victimization in the past two years (n = 82 (behavioral) / n = 73 (fMRI), 49.4% girls, M_age = 10.6). The participants played Cyberball, an online ball-tossing game, which was manipulated so that in the first

SUBMITTER: Kellij S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624251 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature