TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Amygdala activity to angry and fearful faces relates to bullying and victimization in adolescents
JO  - Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
A1  - Swartz, Johnna R.
A1  - Carranza, Angelica F.
A1  - Knodt, Annchen R.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Relational bullying and victimization are common social experiences during adolescence, but relatively little functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research has examined the neural correlates of bullying and victimization in adolescents. The aim of the present study was to address this gap by examining the association between amygdala activity to angry and fearful faces and peer relational bullying and victimization in a community-based sample of adolescents. Participants included 49 adolescents 12-15 years old who underwent fMRI scanning while completing an emotional face matching task. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that interactions between amygdala activity to angry and fearful faces predicted self-reported relational bullying and victimization. Specifically, a combination of higher amygdala activity to angry faces and lower amygdala activity to fearful faces predicted more bullying behavior, whereas a combination of lower amygdala activity to angry faces and lower amygdala activity to fearful faces predicted less relational victimization. Exploratory whole-brain analyses also suggested that increased rostral anterior cingulate cortex activity to fearful faces was associated with less bullying. These results suggest that relational bullying and victimization are related to different patterns of neural activity to angry and fearful faces, which may help in understanding how patterns of social information processing predict these experiences.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1749-5016
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsz084
ID  - ref1
ER  -