Maternal Buffering of Adolescent Dysregulation in Socially Appetitive Contexts: From Behavior to the Brain. J Res Adolesc 2020 Mar;30(1):41-52
Date
04/09/2019Pubmed ID
30957359Pubmed Central ID
PMC6779482DOI
10.1111/jora.12500Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85063988928 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 11 CitationsAbstract
Adolescents are more susceptible to dysregulation in positive social contexts, compared to children. We investigated whether maternal presence would buffer these effects in adolescence. Fifty-four adolescents and children (age range = 8-17 years, Mage = 13.38 years) completed a social go-nogo task during an fMRI scan alone and in the presence of their mother. We found age-related patterns, such that older relative to younger youth displayed more disinhibition toward socially appetitive than socially aversive stimuli, which was buffered by maternal presence. Furthermore, with age, maternal buffering in socially appetitive contexts elicited heightened activation in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and amygdala-medial prefrontal cortex connectivity. Findings underscore the importance of caregivers in promoting the neural regulation of their offspring during adolescence.
Author List
Rogers CR, Perino MT, Telzer EHMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentBrain
Child
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mother-Child Relations
Mothers
Psychology, Adolescent
Self-Control
Social Environment