Early childhood social reticence and neural response to peers in preadolescence predict social anxiety symptoms in midadolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early childhood social reticence (SR) and preadolescent social anxiety (SA) symptoms increase the risk for more severe SA in later adolescence. Yet, not all at-risk youth develop more severe SA. The emergence of distinct patterns of neural response to socially evocative contexts during pivotal points in development may help explain this discontinuity. We tested the extent to which brain function during social interactions in preadolescence influenced the effects of SA and early childhood SR on predicting SA symptoms in midadolescence.

Methods

Participants (N = 53) were assessed for SR from ages 2 to 7. At age 11, SA symptoms were assessed and brain function was measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as participants anticipated social evaluatio

SUBMITTER: Clarkson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6679747 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature