Neuroanatomical Correlates of Perceived Stress Controllability in Adolescents and Emerging Adults.

ABSTRACT: Stressful life events predict changes in brain structure and increases in psychopathology, but not everyone is equally affected by life stress. The learned helplessness theory posits that perceiving life stressors as uncontrollable leads to depression. Evidence supports this theory for youth, but the impact of perceived control diverges based on stressor type: perceived lack of control over dependent (self-generated) stressors is associated with greater depression symptoms when controlling for the frequency of stress exposure, but perceived control over independent (non-self-generated) stressors is not. However, it is unknown how perceived control over these stressor types is associated with brain structure. We tested whether perceived lack of control over dependent and independent life st

SUBMITTER: Fassett-Carman AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9308625 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature