Neural Sensitivity to Peer Feedback and Depressive Symptoms: Moderation by Executive Function

Megan M. Davis; Haina H. Modi; Haley V. Skymba; Katherine Haigler; Megan K. Finnegan; Eva H. Telzer; Karen D. Rudolph

doi:10.1002/dev.22515

Neural Sensitivity to Peer Feedback and Depressive Symptoms: Moderation by Executive Function

Megan M. Davis
, Haina H. Modi
, Haley V. Skymba
, Katherine Haigler
, Megan K. Finnegan
, Eva H. Telzer
, Karen D. Rudolph

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Abstract

Theories of adolescent development suggest that elevated neural sensitivity to social evaluation confers tradeoffs for adolescents’ wellbeing, promoting adaptation to changing social contexts but increasing risk for emotional distress and depression. This study investigated whether the association between neural processing of peer feedback and depressive symptoms depends on teacher-reported executive function (EF) ability in adolescent girls. Girls showed activation to negative and positive peer feedback in regions implicated in social–emotional processing that interacted with EF to predict depressive symptoms. Specifically, activation predicted more depression in youth with poorer EF but less depression in youth with better EF, suggesting that the impact of increased social sensitivity may depend on youths’ ability to regulate this sensitivity in adaptive ways.

Original language	English
Article number	e22515
Journal	Developmental Psychobiology
Volume	66
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22515
State	Published - Sep 2024

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This study was supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grants MH58444, MH105655, and MH132259; a University of Illinois Campus Research Board Award; a Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Award; and a University of Illinois Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship.We would like to thank the adolescents and families who participated in the study and the Beckman Institute Biomedical Imaging Center. We are grateful to Jayne Clickenbeard, Andi Garcia, Yuji Kim, Allison Letkiewicz, and Michelle Miernicki for their assistance in data collection and analysis.

Funders	Funder number
Campus Research Board
Beckman Institute Biomedical Imaging Center
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
National Institute of Mental Health	MH58444, MH105655, MH132259

Keywords

adolescence
depression
neuroimaging
social evaluation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology
Developmental Neuroscience
Developmental Biology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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