Intrinsic connectivity within the affective salience network moderates adolescent susceptibility to negative and positive peer norms.

ABSTRACT: Not all adolescents are equally susceptible to peer influence, and for some, peer influence exerts positive rather than negative effects. Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging, the current study examined how intrinsic functional connectivity networks associated with processing social cognitive and affective stimuli predict adolescents' (n = 87, ages 11-14 years) prosocial tendencies and risky behaviors in the context of positive and negative peer norms. We tested the moderating role of four candidate intrinsic brain networks-associated with mentalizing, cognitive control, motivational relevance, and affective salience-in peer influence susceptibility. Only intrinsic connectivity within the affective salience network significantly moderated the association between peer n

SUBMITTER: Do KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9582022 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature