Citation

Saxbe D, Lyden H, Gimbel SI, Sachs ME, Del Piero LB, Margolin G, Kaplan JT. J. Res. Adolesc. 2018; 28(1): 134-149.

Affiliation

University of Southern California.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12349

PMID

29460354

Abstract

Using longitudinal data from 21 adolescents, we assessed family aggression (via mother, father, and youth report) in early adolescence, externalizing behavior in mid-adolescence, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data in late adolescence. Amygdalae were manually traced, and used as seed regions for resting state analyses. Both family aggression and subsequent externalizing behavior predicted larger right amygdala volumes and stronger amygdala-frontolimbic/salience network connectivity and weaker amygdala-posterior cingulate connectivity. Externalizing behavior in mid-adolescence mediated associations between family aggression in early adolescence and resting state connectivity between the amygdala and the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex, medial prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, and posterior cingulate cortex in late adolescence. Family adversity and adolescent behavior problems may share common neural correlates.

© 2018 Society for Research on Adolescence.

Language: en