Attenuated behavioral and brain responses to trust violations among assaulted adolescent girls.

ABSTRACT: Physical and sexual assault during adolescence is a potent risk factor for mental health and psychosocial problems, as well as revictimization, especially among female victims. To better understand this conferred risk, we conducted an exploratory study comparing assaulted and non-assaulted girls׳ behavioral and brain responses during a trust learning task. Adolescent girls (14 assaulted, 16 non-assaulted) performed a functional magnetic resonance imaging task that manipulated the percentages of which three different faces delivered positive and negative outcomes. Analyses focused on comparing unexpected to expected outcomes. We found that assaulted adolescent girls demonstrated less behavioral slowing in response to unexpected negative social outcomes, or trust violations (i.e., when a pre

SUBMITTER: Lenow JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4219349 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature