Testing a Developmental Model of Positive Parenting, Amygdala-Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex Connectivity, and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurobiological measures may inform our understanding of individual differences in adolescents' general risk for and resilience to depressive symptoms, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. We tested a developmental model linking variation in amygdala-subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) resting-state connectivity to perceived parenting experiences earlier in adolescence, to concurrent depressive symptoms before the pandemic, and to subsequent depressive symptoms during the pandemic.

Methods

We used data from a longitudinal study that included three waves (N = 214 adolescents; ages 9-15 years at time 1 [T1], 11-17 years at T2, and 12-19 years during the pandemic at T3). We assessed positive parenting (warm and supportive) (T1), depressive symptoms

SUBMITTER: Miller JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9616303 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature