Identifying cognitive, affective, and developmental mechanisms linking threat and deprivation with adolescent psychopathology
In a well-characterized community sample, we isolated reward sensitivity as a robust mediator of the prospective association between early-life threat and adolescent internalizing psychopathology. Interventions aimed at bolstering reward sensitivity may mitigate the impact of early-life threat experiences on internalizing problems.
Authors
- Liliana J. Lengua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8534-3982)
- Margaret A. Sheridan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8909-7501)
- David G. Weissman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9966-3338)
- Elise Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6527-901X)
- Henning W. Tiemeier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4395-1397)
- Maya L. Rosen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4649-9965)
- Ekaterina Sadikova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2050-9475)
- Katie A. McLaughlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1362-2410)
Institutions
- Broad Institute (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Oregon (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Smith College (US)
- Harvard University Press (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14067
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.20
Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development