Alterations in reward and emotional processing differentiate among adults with a history of childhood maltreatment: Implications for substance use behaviors.

ABSTRACT: Although childhood maltreatment is a well-established risk factor for a multitude of poor psychosocial outcomes, considerably less is known about mechanisms driving this risk transmission. Recent theoretical models posit that types of childhood maltreatment (deprivation vs. threat) may lead to alterations in reward and emotional processing that confer risk for later psychosocial problems. However, empirical examination of these theories is currently limited. We used a person-centered approach to identify profiles of reward and emotional processing in a sample of 758 adults reporting elevated childhood maltreatment. Latent profile analysis indicated a 3-class solution best fit the data: a blunted reward class (n = 220; 29.0%) characterized by low reward processing and average emotion

SUBMITTER: Bounoua N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8760363 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature