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ArticleThe American psychologist2025

Social support, spirituality, and executive functions: An event-related potential (ERP) study of neural mechanisms of cultural protective factors in American Indians (AIs).

Ricardo A Wilhelm, Breanna A McNaughton, Mara J Demuth, Danielle Bethel, Lizbeth Rojas, Nicole Baughman, Eric Mann, Glenna P Stumblingbear-Riddle, Terrence K Kominsky, Robin L Aupperle and 3 more

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Article in The American psychologist, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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13 authors.

Ricardo A WilhelmLaureate Institute for Brain Research.ORCID 0000-0003-2600-0263
Breanna A McNaughtonLaureate Institute for Brain Research.
Mara J DemuthLaureate Institute for Brain Research.
Danielle BethelLaureate Institute for Brain Research.
Lizbeth RojasLaureate Institute for Brain Research.
Nicole BaughmanLaureate Institute for Brain Research.
Eric MannLaureate Institute for Brain Research.
Glenna P Stumblingbear-RiddleResilient Tribal Roots.
Terrence K KominskyTribal Community.
Robin L AupperleLaureate Institute for Brain Research.
Martin P PaulusLaureate Institute for Brain Research.ORCID 0000-0002-0825-3606
Jennifer L StewartLaureate Institute for Brain Research.
Evan J WhiteLaureate Institute for Brain Research.

Funding

Kipiyeecipsakiciipe "coming home": Establishing clinical cultural neuroscience as a tool for understanding the role of traditional cultural engagement in mitigating substance misuse and disorderDP1DA058986 · NIDA · LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH · PI Evan James White · 2023 to 2026
$4.7M
Neuroscientific Exploration of Cultural Protective Factors in American IndiansR00MD015736 · NIMHD · LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH · PI WHITE, EVAN JAMES · 2023 to 2025
$649k
Neuroscientific Exploration of Cultural Protective Factors in American IndiansK99MD015736 · NIMHD · LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH · PI WHITE, EVAN JAMES · 2021 to 2022
$278k
National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Drug AbuseNational Institutes of Health; National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesNIDA NIH HHS DP1 DA058986NIMHD NIH HHS K99 MD015736NIMHD NIH HHS L60 MD017841NIMHD NIH HHS R00 MD015736
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Abstract

A resilience-based approach in American Indian (AI) communities focuses on inherent sociocultural assets that may act as protective resilience buffers linked to mitigated mental health risks (e.g., deep-rooted spiritual, robust social support networks). Executive control functions are implicated as mechanisms for protective factors, but little evidence exists on the underlying neurocognitive mechanisms that support resilience. This study examined how sustainable and community-centric factors of social support and Native Spirituality were linked to neural mechanisms of executive control functions in a heterogeneous AI community. Fifty-nine self-identified AI participants underwent electroencephalography recordings during a stop signal task and completed measures of social support and spirituality engagement. Event-related potential components indexed attentional resource allocation for inhibitory processing (N2, P3a) and for response error monitoring (error/correct-related negativity; error positivity). Greater social support was linked to attenuated attentional demands for early and sustained inhibitory processing (N2, P3a). Greater Native Spirituality beliefs were linked to greater attentional resources for early but not sustained error-monitoring error-related negativity. Results provide novel evidence for neurocognitive mechanisms of resilience, contribute a deeper understanding of resilience within Indigenous communities, and highlight the role of salient protective factors in mental health that offer a foundation for targeted resilience-based treatment(s). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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Evoked PotentialsExecutive FunctionIndians, North AmericanResilience, PsychologicalSocial SupportSpiritualityAdultElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProtective FactorsYoung Adult

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PMID39666503
PMCPMC12159266

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