Psychological resilience moderates the relationship between childhood adversity, brain network connectivity, and wellness.

IF 3.5 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Development and Psychopathology Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-04 DOI:10.1017/S0954579426101564

Yuanyuan Li, Zelin Liu, Bowen Hu, Jiahua Xu, Jiale Xiao, Boxuan Chen, Ting Tian, Ying He, Shaozheng Qin, Danhua Lin

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Abstract

Childhood adversity impairs well-being, yet psychological resilience may buffer its impact. Using resting-state fMRI in 94 rural Chinese children (ages 10-14), we examined whether psychological resilience protects brain network connectivity from adversity and its relevance to psychological well-being. Psychological resilience significantly moderated the impact of abuse, but not neglect, on limbic connectivity. Low-resilience children exposed to abuse showed heightened limbic-somatomotor and limbic-ventral attention connectivity, which predicted greater somatization and depression at baseline and more severe levels of anxiety six months later. These associations were absent in high-resilience children. Our findings reveal that psychological resilience specifically shields against the neurotoxic effects of abuse by modulating networks involved in emotion regulation, salience, and sensorimotor processing. Targeted interventions should consider adversity dimensions and psychological resilience capacity to mitigate long-term mental health risks.

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心理弹性调节童年逆境、大脑网络连接和健康之间的关系。

童年的逆境会损害幸福感，但心理弹性可以缓冲其影响。利用静息状态功能磁共振成像技术，研究了94名中国农村儿童（10-14岁）的心理弹性是否能保护大脑网络连接免受逆境的影响及其与心理健康的相关性。心理弹性显著调节了虐待对大脑边缘连通性的影响，但忽视没有。遭受虐待的低适应力儿童表现出更强的边缘-躯体运动和边缘-腹侧注意力连通性，这预示着在基线时更大的躯体化和抑郁，以及六个月后更严重的焦虑水平。这些关联在高弹性儿童中不存在。我们的研究结果表明，心理弹性通过调节涉及情绪调节、显著性和感觉运动处理的网络，特异性地保护免受滥用的神经毒性影响。有针对性的干预措施应考虑逆境维度和心理恢复能力，以减轻长期心理健康风险。

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Development and Psychopathology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

CiteScore

7.20

自引率

9.10%

发文量

319

期刊介绍： This multidisciplinary journal is devoted to the publication of original, empirical, theoretical and review papers which address the interrelationship of normal and pathological development in adults and children. It is intended to serve and integrate the field of developmental psychopathology which strives to understand patterns of adaptation and maladaptation throughout the lifespan. This journal is of interest to psychologists, psychiatrists, social scientists, neuroscientists, paediatricians, and researchers.