Poverty, Cortical Structure, and Psychopathologic Characteristics in Adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Childhood poverty has been associated with increased internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescence, a period of peak onset for psychiatric problems. The underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear because longitudinal studies of poverty, brain structure, and changes in psychiatric symptoms are lacking.

Objective

To examine whether structural differences in cortical regions mediate the association between household poverty and change in psychiatric symptoms in early adolescence.

Design, setting, and participants

This longitudinal cohort study used baseline and 1-year follow-up data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Children aged 9 to 10 years in the US were enrolled between September 1, 2016, and October 15, 2018. Data analysis

SUBMITTER: Kim HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9709650 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature