Longitudinal associations between adolescent adversity, brain development and behavioural and emotional problems.

ABSTRACT: Adolescent adversity could have lasting effects on mental health, potentially through neurodevelopmental changes. This study used a random intercept cross-lagged panel model to examine how adverse experiences, brain development, and behavioural and emotional problems are linked over time in the ABCD study (N ≈ 12.000, USA). We found a positive association between family conflict and behavioural and emotional problems: family conflict was related to increased problems at 10 - 12 years (β = 0.06, p = 0.002), and vice versa. At 12 - 14 years, behavioural and emotional problems were also related to increased family conflict (β = 0.20, p < 0.001). Neighbourhood perception was related to behavioural and emotional problems and white matter microstructure. At 10 - 12 years, low neighbourhood safet

SUBMITTER: Pollmann A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12681635 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature