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Citation

Mulder JD, Dobbelaar S, Achterberg M. Dev. Cogn. Neurosci. 2024; 66: e101365.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101365

PMID

38493526

Abstract

Dealing with social rejection is challenging, especially during childhood when behavioral and neural responses to social rejection are still developing. In the current longitudinal study, we used a Bayesian multilevel growth curve model to describe individual differences in the development of behavioral and neural responses to social rejection in a large sample (n > 500). We found a peak in aggression following negative feedback (compared to neutral feedback) during late childhood, as well as individual differences during this developmental phase, possibly suggesting a sensitive window for dealing with social rejection across late childhood. Moreover, we found evidence for individual differences in the linear development of neural responses to social rejection in our three brain regions of interest: The anterior insula, the medial prefrontal cortex, and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. In addition to providing insights in the individual trajectories of dealing with social rejection during childhood, this study also makes a meaningful methodological contribution: Our statistical analysis strategy (and online supplementary information) can be used as an example on how to take into account the many complexities of developmental neuroimaging datasets, while still enabling researchers to answer interesting questions about individual-level relationships.


Language: en

Keywords

Bayesian multilevel; Growth curves; Individual differences in development; Late childhood; Social rejection

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