The error-related negativity (ERN) moderates the association between interpersonal stress and anxiety symptoms six months later.

ABSTRACT: Anxiety disorders are often preceded by interpersonal stress; however, most individuals who experience stress do not develop anxiety, making it difficult to predict who is most susceptible to stress. One proposed trans-diagnostic neural risk marker for anxiety is the error-related negativity (ERN), a negative deflection in the event-related potential waveform occurring within 100 ms of error commission. The present study sought to investigate whether interpersonal stress experienced over the course of a year interacts with ERN magnitude to prospectively predict anxiety symptoms. A sample of 57 emerging adults performed an arrow flanker task to elicit the ERN at the start of the academic school year (time one). Toward the end of the academic year (time two), participants reported on past-ye

SUBMITTER: Banica I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7335004 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature