Heightened neural sensitivity to social exclusion in boys with a history of low peer preference during primary school.

ABSTRACT: Peer preference among classmates is a highly influential factor in children's social development and not being preferred by peers has long-term consequences for children's developmental outcomes. However, little is known about how a history of low peer preference during primary school is associated with neural responses to a new social exclusion experience in childhood. In this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, we examined self-reported social distress and neural responses to social exclusion using the Cyberball paradigm in primary school boys (M_age = 10.40 years) with a history of low (n = 27) versus high peer preference (n = 28). Boys were selected from a longitudinal classroom-based study in which children's peer social preferences were assessed in three con

SUBMITTER: Susanne Asscheman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7374540 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature