TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Socioeconomic risk for adolescent cognitive control and emerging risk-taking behaviors JO - Journal of research on adolescence A1 - Brieant, Alexis A1 - Peviani, Kristin M. A1 - Lee, Jacob E. A1 - King-Casas, Brooks A1 - Kim-Spoon, Jungmeen SP - 71 EP - 84 VL - 31 IS - 1 N2 - This study examined whether cognitive control mediated the association between socioeconomic status (SES; composite of income-to-needs ratio and parent education) and changes in risk-taking behaviors. The sample included 167 dyads of adolescents (53% male; Mage  = 14.07 years at Time 1) and their parents, assessed annually across 4 years. Parents reported socioeconomic variables at Time 1. Adolescents reported risk-taking behaviors at Times 1 and 4, and completed a functional magnetic resonance imaging cognitive control task at Times 2 and 3. Lower SES was associated with lower behavioral (but not neural) cognitive control, which was associated with increases in risk-taking behaviors. The findings suggest that elevated socioeconomic risk may compromise cognitive control which can cascade into maladaptive behaviors in adolescence.

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LA - en SN - 1050-8392 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jora.12583 ID - ref1 ER -