scholarly journals Ecological stress, amygdala reactivity, and internalizing symptoms in preadolescence: Is parenting a buffer?

Cortex ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael I. Demidenko ◽  
Ka I. Ip ◽  
Dominic P. Kelly ◽  
Kevin Constante ◽  
Leigh G. Goetschius ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael I Demidenko ◽  
Ka I Ip ◽  
Dominic Kelly ◽  
Kevin Constante ◽  
Leigh Goetschius ◽  
...  

Ecological stress during adolescent development may increase the sensitivity to negative emotional processes that can contribute to the onset and progression of internalizing behaviors during preadolescence. Although a small number of studies have considered the link among the complex relations in ecological stress, amygdala reactivity and internalizing symptoms in childhood and adolescence, these studies have largely been small, cross-sectional, and often do not consider unique roles of parenting or sex. In the current study, we evaluated the interrelations among ecological stress, amygdala functioning, subsequent internalizing symptoms, and the moderating roles of parenting and sex, 9- and 10-year old preadolescents from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study (ABCD). A subset of participants who met a priori quality control criteria for bilateral amygdala during the N-back faces versus places contrast (N = 7,385; Mean Age = 120 months, SD = 7.52; 49.5% Female) were included in the study. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was performed to create a latent variable of ecological stress, and multiple Structural Equation Model (SEM) models were conducted to evaluate the association among baseline ecological stress and internalizing symptoms one year later, the mediating role of amygdala activity, and moderating effects of parental acceptance and sex. The results revealed a significant association among ecological stress and subsequent internalizing symptoms, which was greater in males than females. There was no association between amygdala activity and ecological stress or subsequent internalizing symptoms, and no mediating role of amygdala, or moderating effect of parental acceptance, on the association between ecological stress and internalizing symptoms. An alternative mediation model was tested and revealed that parental acceptance mediated the association between ecological stress and internalizing symptoms, demonstrating lower internalizing symptoms among preadolescents one year later. Given the lack of association in brain function, ecological stress and internalizing symptoms in this registered report, effects from small studies should be reconsidered in larger samples.


2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 752-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mattia I. Gerin ◽  
Essi Viding ◽  
Jean‐Baptiste Pingault ◽  
Vanessa B. Puetz ◽  
Annchen R. Knodt ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Vierhaus ◽  
Arnold Lohaus ◽  
Indra Shah

This investigation focuses on the question whether assessments of the development of internalizing behavior from childhood to adolescence are affected by the kind of research design (longitudinal versus cross-sectional). Two longitudinal samples of 432 second-graders and 366 fourth graders participated in a longitudinal study with subsequent measurements taken 1, 2, and 3 years later. A third sample consisting of 849 children covering the same range of grades participated in a cross-sectional study. The results show that the development of internalizing symptoms in girls – but not in boys – varies systematically with the research design. In girls, there is a decrease of internalizing symptoms (especially between the first two timepoints) in the longitudinal assessment, which may reflect, for example, the influence of strain during the first testing situation. Both longitudinal trajectories converge to a common trajectory from grade 2 to grade 7 when controlling for this “novelty-distress effect.” Moreover, when we control this effect, the slight but significant decrease characterizing the common trajectory becomes similar to the one obtained in the cross-sectional study. Therefore, trajectories based on longitudinal assessments may suggest more changes with regard to internalizing symptoms over time than actually take place, while trajectories based on cross-sectional data may be characterized by an increased level of internalizing symptoms. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 133 (6) ◽  
pp. 569-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clemens C. C. Bauer ◽  
Camila Caballero ◽  
Ethan Scherer ◽  
Martin R. West ◽  
Michael D. Mrazek ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Heckler ◽  
Tanushri Pothini ◽  
Marisa R. Izaguirre ◽  
Anees A. Siddiqui ◽  
Mark A. Bond

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong A. Vu ◽  
Leslie K. Taylor ◽  
Melinda F. Cannon ◽  
Alan H. Zakem ◽  
Sarah E. Watts ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Sutton ◽  
Susan Mineka ◽  
Richard Zinbarg ◽  
Michelle Craske

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Herman ◽  
Lindsay A. Crow ◽  
Wendy M. Reinke ◽  
Carolyn Webster-Stratton

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