Adolescent cognitive control processing is associated with anxiety in young adulthood during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with widespread increases in levels of stress and anxiety among young adults. Given that responses to stressful life events vary, it is important to understand how pre-pandemic neurocognitive factors shape reactivity to stress and susceptibility to anxiety. The present study examines associations between pre-pandemic brain activation patterns during cognitive control processing and anxiety trajectories during the pandemic. Participants were recruited as part of an ongoing longitudinal study of temperament and socioemotional development (N = 291). Forty-seven participants completed a cognitive control fMRI task and anxiety measures in late adolescence before the pandemic. In young adulthood, anxiety was assessed three times during the COVID-19 pande

SUBMITTER: Stohr GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12464013 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature