ArticleSocial cognitive and affective neuroscience2019
Amygdala activity to angry and fearful faces relates to bullying and victimization in adolescents.
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- The association between peer-victimisation and structural and functional brain outcomes: A systematic review.JCPP advances · 2022Article
- Neurobiological correlates of the social and emotional impact of peer victimization: A review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
- Integrative Brain Dynamics in Childhood Bullying Victimization: Cognitive and Emotional Convergence Associated With Stress Psychopathology.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2022Review
- The Response of Social Crime Prevention Police to Cyberbullying Perpetrated by Youth in Rural Areas of South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Associations between peripheral inflammation and resting state functional connectivity in adolescents.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2021Article
- Resting-State Functional Connectivity Associated With Extraversion and Agreeableness in Adolescence.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021Article
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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. 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.
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