Candice L. Malone, Lina Fernanda González-Martínez, Gabrielle E. J. Gray, Kevin M. Moran, Kereshmeh Taravosh-Lahn, Yvon Delville
{"title":"The Serotonergic Control of Play Fighting in Male Juvenile Hamsters: Opposite Effects of 5-HT1A and 5-HT3 Receptor Manipulations","authors":"Candice L. Malone, Lina Fernanda González-Martínez, Gabrielle E. J. Gray, Kevin M. Moran, Kereshmeh Taravosh-Lahn, Yvon Delville","doi":"10.1002/dev.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70030","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In male hamsters, puberty is associated with increased serotonin innervation and unusual responses to fluoxetine, such as enhanced play-fighting activity against intruders but also an acceleration of its maturation from attacks focused on the face (frontal attacks) to the lower belly and rump, suggesting a role for serotonin (5-HT). We tested the role of 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> and 5-HT<sub>3</sub> receptor subtypes on play-fighting behavior observed during resident intruder tests through peripheral treatment with receptor agonists and antagonists. Contrary to observations in adult hamsters, we did not observe any overarching effects of treatment on measures of play-fighting activity, nor its maturation from frontal attacks. However, secondary analyses highlighted variability within the datasets. A subgroup of animals presented inhibited play-fighting activity in response to treatment with DPAT, a 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> receptor agonist, but these animals also showed enhanced locomotor activity and reduced interest in engaging their opponents. In addition, early juvenile agonistic behavior was predictive of responsiveness to other treatments. The 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> receptor antagonist, WAY, caused a reduction in play-fighting activity in high attackers and an increase in low attackers. Though high attackers under pretest conditions were equally inhibited by CBG, a 5-HT<sub>3</sub> receptor agonist, they performed a higher proportion of frontal attacks. Finally, the density of 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> and 5-HT<sub>3</sub> receptor immunoreactivity was compared among subjects sampled at postnatal Day 35 (early puberty) or postnatal Day 70 (adulthood) within areas mediating the control of social behavior in adults. Adult males showed a higher density of immunolabeling for 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> receptors in the anterior hypothalamus and medial amygdala, as well as 5-HT<sub>3</sub> receptors in the lateral septum. The data suggest that the development of 5-HT receptor expression participates in the control of play-fighting activity and its maturation during puberty in male hamsters.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"67 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143489939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Steven J. Holochwost, Lindsay A. Gomes, Amanda Wylie, Jacek Kolacz
{"title":"Resting Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Activity in Childhood Following Maltreatment: A Meta-Analysis","authors":"Steven J. Holochwost, Lindsay A. Gomes, Amanda Wylie, Jacek Kolacz","doi":"10.1002/dev.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The experience of maltreatment in childhood is associated with poorer developmental and health outcomes. This may be explained by the capacity for maltreatment to dysregulate stress-responsive neurophysiological systems, including the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis. This study presents the results of the first meta-analysis that examines the association between maltreatment and resting HPA-axis activity in children and the role of “third variables” in accounting for observed heterogeneity in this association. Analyses of 18 studies, including <i>N </i>= 2216 children, indicated that although there was no difference in resting HPA-axis activity between children who had been maltreated and those who had not (standardized mean difference [SMD] = 0.04), there was substantial heterogeneity in the association between maltreatment and HPA-axis activity across studies (<i>I</i><sup>2</sup> = 58.60%, <i>p </i>= 0.001). Further analyses revealed that the association between maltreatment and resting HPA-axis activity was contingent upon the source of information regarding maltreatment (<i>B </i>= 0.33, <i>p </i>= 0.002) and the degree to which maltreated and comparison groups differed in their socioeconomic status (<i>B </i>= 0.39, <i>p </i>= 0.037).</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"67 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143489938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa Loheide-Niesmann, Roseriet Beijers, Carolina de Weerth, Maaike Cima
{"title":"Maternal Childhood Trauma and Offspring Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Function from Infancy to 6 Years of Age","authors":"Lisa Loheide-Niesmann, Roseriet Beijers, Carolina de Weerth, Maaike Cima","doi":"10.1002/dev.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Childhood trauma experiences can carry over to the next generation, affecting the health and behavior of survivors’ children. However, the mechanisms underlying these intergenerational effects of childhood trauma are not yet clear. One mechanism may be changes in children's hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis. This preregistered longitudinal study examined associations between 170 mothers’ childhood trauma experiences (maltreatment, family and peer violence) and their children's cortisol reactivity and total circadian cortisol output at 12 months and 6 years of age. Multilevel regression analyses revealed that maternal childhood trauma was not significantly associated with child cortisol reactivity or total circadian cortisol output, neither at 12 months nor at 6 years of age. Thus, we found no evidence in this community sample that maternal childhood trauma impacts young children's HPA axis functioning. Exploratory analyses revealed moderation effects of maternal prenatal psychopathology and prenatal circadian cortisol slope: in mothers with high prenatal psychopathology or circadian cortisol slope, maternal childhood trauma was positively associated with child total circadian cortisol output, while this association was negative in mothers with low psychopathology or circadian cortisol slope. Future research should replicate these findings in older children and more severely trauma-exposed populations and further explore moderators of this intergenerational association.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"67 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dev.70029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143423814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sex Differences in the Associations Among Parenting, Socioeconomic Status, and Error Monitoring Among Adolescents","authors":"Saad Pirzada, Emilio A. Valadez","doi":"10.1002/dev.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The error-related negativity (ERN) is a frontocentral deflection in the human EEG that is sensitive to error commission. Past research indicates that the ERN is modulated by individual differences in socioeconomic status (SES) and parenting style; however, there is limited research examining sex-differences in how these factors influence the ERN. The present study aimed to elucidate the relations among SES, parenting style, sex, and the ERN. In this study, 176 participants from a relatively large longitudinal study performed a Flanker task at age 15 years to measure the ERN. At the same assessment time, parenting style was assessed via parent report using the Parenting Styles and Dimension Questionnaire (PSDQ). Parents reported on their highest level of education which was used as an indicator of household SES. Authoritarian and permissive parenting scores each significantly moderated the relation between maternal education and ERN amplitudes, but in both cases this moderation differed by child sex. There were no significant direct associations between maternal education and ERN amplitude or between parenting scores and ERN amplitude. Overall, findings may suggest sex differences in the impact of social context on error monitoring development. This study highlights (1) that parenting behaviors may modulate the impact of SES on cognitive control and and (2) the importance of considering sex differences when examining the interplay between SES, parenting, and cognitive control.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"67 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dev.70023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143389173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Emotional Violence Experienced by Fathers From Their Partners in the Postpartum Period on Depression Level and Father–Infant Attachment","authors":"Havva Tokgöz Kekeç, Hacer Alan Dikmen","doi":"10.1002/dev.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study was conducted to examine the effects of emotional violence experienced by fathers from their partners in the postpartum period on fathers' depression level and father–infant attachment. The data of this descriptive and correlational study were collected from 350 fathers of infants aged 3–12 months in the postpartum period. Data were collected using a personal information form, the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS), and the Paternal–Infant Attachment Questionnaire (PIAQ). The independent-sample <i>t</i>-test, the chi-square test, Fisher's Exact Test, the Fisher Freeman Halton test and Linear Regression were used for the data analyzes. The rate of emotional violence experienced by the fathers was 43%. Fathers who were exposed to emotional violence by their spouses had higher EPDS total scores (<i>p</i> = 0.001), while their PIAQ total scores (<i>p</i> = 0.001) were statistically significantly lower (<i>p</i> < 0.01). A weak and statistically significant correlation was found between EPDS total scores and PIAQ total scores (<i>r</i> = –0.357, <i>p</i> = 0.001). According to linear regression analysis, the effect of emotional violence on fathers' depression level (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and father–infant attachment level (<i>p</i> < 0.001) was statistically significant. Health professionals should identify the perpetrators and victims of violence and refer them to relevant rehabilitative resources for the welfare of families and newborns.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"67 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dev.70025","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143389176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erin K. Kirschmann, Tracy T. Smith, Jenna N. Shold, Eric C. Donny, Alan F. Sved, Edda Thiels
{"title":"Locomotor Response to Novelty: What Does It Tell Us?","authors":"Erin K. Kirschmann, Tracy T. Smith, Jenna N. Shold, Eric C. Donny, Alan F. Sved, Edda Thiels","doi":"10.1002/dev.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Individual differences in response strategies may be utilized to identify those at risk for the development of neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and substance use. One behavioral attribute that has been used to predict later mood disorders and substance use disorders is an organism's predisposition for novelty-seeking, modeled in rodents as increased exploration of novel environments or stimuli. Despite documented correlations of locomotor response to a novel environment and disease-specific tendencies, it remains unclear whether the “response to novelty trait” is stable across time and environments. Adolescence is an important transitional time, associated with vulnerability for neuropsychiatric disorders. Only a few studies have assessed whether variations in novelty-seeking behaviors in adolescent animals translate to variations of susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disorders later in life, and it is unclear whether initial locomotor responses to novelty are stable across time and development. We examined whether locomotor response to a novel environment is a stable attribute across time in a series of Open Field tests in early adolescent (postnatal day [p] 23–25) late adolescent (p58–59) and adult (p72 and older) male Sprague–Dawley rats. We also examined the relation between the locomotor response to a novel environment and other measures of responding to novelty. Results suggest that locomotor response to a novel environment does not emerge as a stable behavioral attribute until late adolescence. They also suggest that locomotor response to a novel environment and novelty-seeking, as assessed with the Novelty Place Preference paradigm, capture nonoverlapping behavioral tendencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"67 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dev.70024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143389174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michele A. Lobo, Julie M. Orlando, Andrea B. Cunha, Osnat Atun-Einy, Ora Oudgenoeg-Paz, Aline Martins de Toledo, Rosana Machado de Souza, Zainab S. Alghamdi, Eman Alhindi, Michal Klein
{"title":"Analysis of Content About Infant Development From Formal Parent Education Sources in Different World Regions","authors":"Michele A. Lobo, Julie M. Orlando, Andrea B. Cunha, Osnat Atun-Einy, Ora Oudgenoeg-Paz, Aline Martins de Toledo, Rosana Machado de Souza, Zainab S. Alghamdi, Eman Alhindi, Michal Klein","doi":"10.1002/dev.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study evaluated information shared with parents about infant development through formal sources in five countries and international organizations (i.e., regions). Consistent findings among regions were: (1) Tendency to format information as developmental milestones; (2) Sharing primarily information about motor development, but most often repeating recommendations for advancing language development; (3) Variability in specific information shared among regions and among sources within each region about the same general topics; and (4) Consensus mentioning seven behaviors representing early exploratory, mobility, and communication abilities that support learning and expression. Differences in the content shared among the regions are also described. The findings provide insight into commonalities and differences in educational practices that likely reflect more universal versus regional cultural beliefs and values.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"67 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143380258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elise Riggle, Louis A. Schmidt, Ayelet Lahat, Michael J. Crowley, Alva Tang
{"title":"Neural Sensitivity to Ambiguous Social Exclusion Reflects Information Processing Bias in Midadolescents With Higher Levels of Aggression","authors":"Elise Riggle, Louis A. Schmidt, Ayelet Lahat, Michael J. Crowley, Alva Tang","doi":"10.1002/dev.70019","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dev.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Aggression is commonly associated with increased experiences of peer rejection and maladaptive social information processing biases throughout development. Little is known about the neural correlates of peer rejection that might underlie social information processing biases, and whether these neural correlates are common or different across early- and mid-adolescents on a continuum of aggression. Using the Cyberball task, we examined mediofrontal theta (4–7 Hz) event-related EEG spectral power during conditions of explicit and ambiguous social exclusion in 117 participants (57 early adolescents, ages 10–12 years, and 60 mid-adolescents, ages 14–16 years). Participants with at least 10 artifact-free trials per condition were included in further EEG analysis. In total, 95 participants (42 early adolescents, 53 mid-adolescents) were included for further analyses of EEG spectral theta power. Results examining moderation effects between aggression level and age groups showed that mid-adolescents, but not early adolescents, with higher levels of aggression displayed enhanced theta power during the early processing (200–400 ms) of ambiguous (“not my turn”) exclusion events. The pattern of heightened neural sensitivity to ambiguous exclusion events reflects early detection and inclusion monitoring which might facilitate processing biases that are more prominent among mid-adolescents with higher levels of aggression.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143058193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Conner J. Whitten, Jeffrey R. Kelly, Alex L. Gillespie, Heather J. B. Brooks, Mackenzie K. Hooker, Anna R. Temple, Leila M. Hennon, Benjamin J. Kilgore, Yaswanth B. Singamaneni, Kalynn M. Schulz, Gordon M. Burghardt, Matthew A. Cooper
{"title":"From Play Date to Stress Fate: Juvenile Social Play Rescues Stress-Induced Changes in Adult Social Behavior","authors":"Conner J. Whitten, Jeffrey R. Kelly, Alex L. Gillespie, Heather J. B. Brooks, Mackenzie K. Hooker, Anna R. Temple, Leila M. Hennon, Benjamin J. Kilgore, Yaswanth B. Singamaneni, Kalynn M. Schulz, Gordon M. Burghardt, Matthew A. Cooper","doi":"10.1002/dev.70020","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dev.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Long-term effects of social play on neural and behavioral development remain unclear. We investigated whether just 1 h of juvenile social play could rescue the effects of play deprivation on stress-related behavior and markers of neural plasticity. Syrian hamsters were reared from postnatal days 21–43 in three conditions: peer isolation, peer isolation with daily social play sessions (dyadic play), or group-housed with littermates. In adulthood, subjects were exposed to acute social defeat stress, and we examined changes in perineuronal net (PNN) expression surrounding parvalbumin (PV) neurons in the prelimbic (PL), infralimbic (IL), and basolateral amygdala (BLA). Peer deprivation led to exaggerated submissive and defensive behavior in a conditioned defeat test, but 1 h of dyadic play rescued the heightened conditioned defeat response in both males and females. In females, play deprivation reduced PNN/PV coexpression in the PL and IL compared to control groups with opportunities for social play. Males exposed to peer isolation showed elevated agonistic behavior when returned to their littermates compared to males exposed to 1-h play encounters. These findings indicate juvenile social play has long-lasting effects on PNN expression surrounding PV cells in the medial prefrontal cortex, which allows for the development of species’ typical agonistic behavior and greater stress resistance in adulthood. The ability of just 1 h of social play to rescue the effects of peer isolation highlights the powerful role of social interactions in neural and behavioral development.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143058019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}