Jingrun Lin, Jacob Moore, Nathan Field, Jessica Stern, Joseph Allen, James Coan
{"title":"Adolescent empathy predicts reduced neural responses to social rejection in adulthood.","authors":"Jingrun Lin, Jacob Moore, Nathan Field, Jessica Stern, Joseph Allen, James Coan","doi":"10.1017/S095457942610131X","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S095457942610131X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Adolescence is a sensitive period for social and neural development. Empathic growth during adolescence has been linked to improved prosocial behavior in adulthood. This study examined how adolescent empathy relates to adulthood neural responses to rejection.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants (<i>N</i> = 77; 42 females, 52% White) were drawn from a demographically diverse community sample and assessed annually from ages 13 to 21. Each year, participants' empathic support provision toward a close friend was evaluated during an observationally coded support task. At approximately age 24, participants completed the Cyberball social exclusion paradigm while undergoing fucntional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Whole-brain exploratory analyses revealed that greater empathic support provision during adolescence was associated with reduced activation in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sACC) during social exclusion in early adulthood (Cohen's <i>d</i> = 0.12), suggesting a contribution of empathy provision to rejection-related neural responses later in life. The effect was not driven by felt distress during social exclusion, indicating that adolescent empathic support provision is potentially associated with neural responses to social exclusion independent of subjective distress.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings underscore the long-term links of empathy to adult social processes and may inform interventions aimed at enhancing interpersonal functioning and resilience.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12972612/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147347657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne Grünert, Stacey B Scott, Joshua M Smyth, Andreas B Neubauer
{"title":"Affective well-being trajectories during the transition out of upper secondary education: A measurement burst study.","authors":"Anne Grünert, Stacey B Scott, Joshua M Smyth, Andreas B Neubauer","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579426101254","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present work investigated changes in well-being during the transition out of upper secondary education (i.e., from shortly before graduating from upper secondary education to approximately one year later). The motivation for a post-school pathway (e.g., starting university or vocational training) was examined as a potential predictor of between-person differences in well-being trajectories. German-speaking high school graduates (<i>N</i> = 874 between ages 16 and 20; 69% female, 95% born in Germany) reported on their affective well-being in up to four surveys and indicated their motivation for their post-school pathway. At three measurement occasions, participants also participated in a three-week experience sampling phase, in which they reported on their daily well-being. Latent change models revealed an initial increase in well-being after graduation, but mixed evidence for subsequent trajectories, as both positive and negative affect decreased on average. Changes in well-being were more pronounced for global than for daily assessments of affective well-being. We did not find associations between the motivation for a post-school pathway and well-being trajectories. Overall, these findings highlight the complexity of well-being trajectories during the transition out of upper secondary education and the importance of using multiple time points and assessment methods to understand these dynamics.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147303672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher Sikes-Keilp, Kayla A Jensen, Elizabeth D Wilson, Jessica R Lunsford-Avery, Elizabeth H Andersen
{"title":"Sleep regularity, circadian rhythms, and chronotype as mechanisms of risk for affective dysregulation in female adolescents.","authors":"Christopher Sikes-Keilp, Kayla A Jensen, Elizabeth D Wilson, Jessica R Lunsford-Avery, Elizabeth H Andersen","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101242","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101242","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a sample of early post-menarchal female adolescents, this study examined sleep regularity in relation to depression symptoms, circadian rhythms, and chronotype preference. Sixty-six female adolescents, aged 11-14 and within fifteen months post-menarche, completed a one-week sleep and circadian rhythm assessment involving self-reported sleep behaviors, 24-h sleep monitoring using wrist actigraphy, and serial cortisol and 6-sulfatoxymelatonin collections for four days. Sleep regularity was operationalized as the probability of being in the same wake/sleep state at any two timepoints 24 h apart (i.e., sleep regularity index (SRI)). Reduced SRI was associated with higher depressive symptoms (<i>F</i> [1,273] = 18.65, <i>p</i> = < .0001), as were eveningness chronotype (<i>F</i> [1,273] = 21.13, <i>p</i> = < .0001), sleep duration (<i>F</i> [1,273] = 6.25, <i>p</i> = .01), and self-reported life stress (<i>F</i> [1,273] = 22.82, <i>p</i> = < .0001). The interaction between SRI and chronotype was also a predictor of increased depression (<i>F</i> [1,273] = 18.65, <i>p</i> = < .0001), such that eveningness and low sleep regularity predicted higher scores. Sleep regularity was not significantly associated with cortisol awakening response, cortisol slope, or overnight melatonin levels. Sleep regularity appears linked to altered mood in early post-menarchal girls. Further research linking sleep regularity to physiological processes governing sleep is warranted. Interventions targeting sleep regularity stand to improve mental health outcomes, as well as promote healthy developmental trajectories for affect regulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12957652/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147282735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda E Baker, Namita Tanya Padgaonkar, Isabel Enriquez, Tara S Peris, Adriana Galván
{"title":"Anxiety symptoms interact with approach motivations in adolescent risk-taking.","authors":"Amanda E Baker, Namita Tanya Padgaonkar, Isabel Enriquez, Tara S Peris, Adriana Galván","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101266","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101266","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescence represents a pivotal neurodevelopmental period marked by escalating anxiety symptoms and heightened approach motivations. Although anxiety is typically linked to avoidance, concurrent shifts in motivational systems and neurocircuitry may alter its behavioral and neural expression, shaping developmental trajectories and treatment response. This study investigated how approach motivations (Behavioral Activation System; BAS) interact with anxiety to influence behavior and brain function in <i>N</i> = 121 adolescents (ages 9-13; 44% girls; 33.1% White, 22.3% Latino, 19.8% Asian, 14.9% Black, 9.9% Mixed Race). Participants completed a decision-making task and resting-state fMRI. Dimensional analyses examined joint effects of anxiety and BAS on risk-taking behaviors, task-evoked neural activity and connectivity, and intrinsic connectivity at rest. Higher anxiety was associated with risk aversion and inhibition when BAS was low, but with risk-taking and impulsivity when BAS was high (risk-taking: <i>β</i> = 0.25, <i>p</i> = .012; inhibitory control: <i>β</i> = 0.13, <i>p</i> < .001). During risk-taking, anxiety and BAS showed interactive effects on striatal (<i>β</i> = -0.10, <i>p</i> = .006) and amygdala (<i>β</i> = 0.10, <i>p</i> = .005) activity alongside distinct effects on prefrontal-subcortical connectivity (<i>β</i> = -0.30, <i>p</i> = .014; <i>β</i> = 0.17, <i>p</i> = .01). Higher BAS was associated with stronger intrinsic prefrontal-striatal connectivity (<i>β</i> = 0.23, <i>p</i> = .012), while anxiety showed no significant resting-state effects. Findings underscore the role of reward-related systems in adolescent anxiety and support developmentally informed, personalized intervention strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12957653/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147276058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica E Cooke, Nicole Racine, Gerald F Giesbrecht, André Plamondon, Tavis S Campbell, Martha Hart, Nicole Letourneau, Sheri Madigan
{"title":"Longitudinal predictors of attachment disorganization: Sociodemographic risk and maternal disrupted caregiving.","authors":"Jessica E Cooke, Nicole Racine, Gerald F Giesbrecht, André Plamondon, Tavis S Campbell, Martha Hart, Nicole Letourneau, Sheri Madigan","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579426101205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attachment disorganization has enduring consequences for children's socioemotional health. Although disrupted caregiving (e.g., frightening or intrusive behaviors) is a strong antecedent of attachment disorganization, much of its variance remains unexplained, highlighting the need to identify additional precursors. This longitudinal study examined the combined effects of mothers' observed disrupted caregiving at six months of age, and their self-reported psychopathology, childhood maltreatment history, and sociodemographic risk, on infant attachment disorganization in the strange situation procedure at 22 months of age. Participants included 285 mother-infant dyads (52% boys; 80% white) from a Canadian pregnancy cohort. Sociodemographic risk (<i>β</i> = .15), disrupted caregiving (<i>β</i> = .27), and their interaction (<i>β</i> = .24) were associated with attachment disorganization. Sociodemographic risk was associated with greater attachment disorganization only at high levels of disrupted caregiving. Intervention strategies that address both caregiving behaviors and broader sociodemographic risks are needed to reduce attachment disorganization.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147270083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mollie A McDonald, Craig A Marquardt, Siamak Noorbaloochi, Emily Hagel Campbell, Ann S Masten, Melissa A Polusny
{"title":"Resilience as a dynamic process among military recruits exposed to basic combat training stressors.","authors":"Mollie A McDonald, Craig A Marquardt, Siamak Noorbaloochi, Emily Hagel Campbell, Ann S Masten, Melissa A Polusny","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101199","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101199","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>New military recruits, typically emerging adults, must rapidly adapt to the stressors of basic combat training (BCT) - a developmentally significant and intentionally stressful experience. Drawing on a developmental psychopathology framework of risk and resilience, we prospectively examined predictors of psychological adaptation in a longitudinal sample of recruits (age mean = 19.0, <i>SD</i> = 3.0) assessed before and after BCT (59.7% of those eligible for follow-up; <i>N</i> = 657). Pre-registered hierarchical linear regressions tested direct and moderating effects of individual difference variables previously linked to risk and resilience. Higher levels of prior adversity, worse self-regulatory difficulties, and (unexpectedly) higher general cognitive ability at baseline were associated with worsening post-BCT internalizing distress, after accounting for baseline symptoms. Gender, baseline social support, and baseline Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) scales were not associated with longitudinal changes in internalizing distress, and no moderation effects were found. Our findings suggest that bolstering emotion regulation skills, especially among those with prior adversity, may be important for preventing the emergence of psychopathology and promoting more successful adaptation to military roles. The unexpected association between cognitive ability and distress may reflect context sensitivity, suggesting that the demands of BCT may alter the typical adaptive function of cognitive strengths.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12936461/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146212387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoye Xu, Lauren C Shuffrey, Theresa M Bastain, Chang Liu, Rosalind J Wright, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Alexis Hernandez, Jody Ganiban, Sara S Nozadi, Amy E Margolis, Amy J Elliott, Santiago Morales
{"title":"The role of negative affectivity in the developmental pathway linking perinatal complications to behavioral and emotional problems in children.","authors":"Xiaoye Xu, Lauren C Shuffrey, Theresa M Bastain, Chang Liu, Rosalind J Wright, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Alexis Hernandez, Jody Ganiban, Sara S Nozadi, Amy E Margolis, Amy J Elliott, Santiago Morales","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101175","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579426101175","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although temperamental negative affectivity has been identified as a developmental mechanism mediating the link between perinatal risk and internalizing problems in early childhood, its role in predicting broader behavioral and emotional problems across childhood remains understudied. We examined the longitudinal relations among perinatal complications (i.e., prenatal maternal depression and cardiometabolic complications, preterm birth, and low birth weight), children's negative affectivity (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 2.76; <i>SD</i> = 2.32; range = 0.24-12.46 years), and children's internalizing, externalizing, and total problems (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 5.12; <i>SD</i> = 2.63; range = 1.50-16.85 years) in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program (<i>N</i> = 3070; 47% females). Results support child negative affectivity as a mechanism in the developmental pathway linking perinatal maternal depressive symptoms and preterm birth to future emotional and behavioral problems, underscoring the importance of early prevention and intervention efforts to promote psychological well-being of at-risk children.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12994220/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146200339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Children's sympathy following the (un)provoked harm of peers: Associations with proactive and reactive aggression.","authors":"Joanna Peplak, Erinn L Acland, Tina Malti","doi":"10.1017/S095457942610114X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457942610114X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Encouraging children's sympathy (i.e., concern for others) across an array of social contexts is important for strengthening their prosocial responses to conflict and reducing aggression. We examined Canadian children's (6, 9, and 12 years; <i>N</i> = 186; 50% girls and 50% boys) situational sympathetic responding following harm to victims, and how sympathy across contexts was linked to their aggressive behaviors (beyond dispositional sympathy). Children's situational sympathy (sadness supported by moral reasoning) was measured in response to (un)provoked harm to hypothetical peers in vignettes. Parents reported on children's proactive and reactive aggression. We also measured children's dispositional sympathy via child- and parent-reports. Results showed that children felt stronger situational sympathy for victims of unprovoked harm than provoked harm, and only sympathy following unprovoked harm showed age-related increases. Above and beyond dispositional sympathy, lower situational sympathy in response to provoked harm was associated with higher reactive aggression. These findings demonstrate that children's sympathy is dampened by a victim's prior negative behavior - an emotional blunting effect that may have implications for their own retaliatory behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146178448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kate Fitzsimons, Qingyang Li, Phoebe Thomson, Niamh MacSweeney, Divyangana Rakesh
{"title":"Socioeconomic disadvantage, pubertal development, and adolescent mental health and academic achievement: A longitudinal study.","authors":"Kate Fitzsimons, Qingyang Li, Phoebe Thomson, Niamh MacSweeney, Divyangana Rakesh","doi":"10.1017/S0954579426101187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579426101187","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low socioeconomic status (SES) is linked to pubertal development, mental health issues, and academic performance. However, the role of early pubertal development in the link between low SES and mental health and academic outcomes is unclear. Using longitudinal data from the ABCD Study (9-10 years at baseline, <i>N</i> = 9,848, 52.2% males) across four time points, we examined associations between household and neighborhood disadvantage, pubertal development, and mental health and academic achievement. Greater household and neighborhood disadvantage were associated with more advanced pubertal status at baseline in both males and females. Among females, higher pubertal status at baseline mediated the association between lower household income and neighborhood disadvantage with greater mental health problems and poorer school performance. Additionally, slower pubertal tempo attenuated the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and these outcomes in females. These findings underscore the importance of considering both household and neighborhood contexts in shaping adolescent development and highlight pubertal development as a potential pathway underlying socioeconomic disparities in mental health and academic achievement.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146156422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Domain-specific and multidomain resilience among parentally bereaved youth: Assessment and associations with long-term outcomes.","authors":"Irwin Sandler, Qiyue Cai, Jenn-Yun Tein, Rebecca Hoppe, Sharlene Wolchik","doi":"10.1017/S0954579425101107","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0954579425101107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study addressed the prevalence of resilience within specific domains (domain-specific resilience) and across multiple domains (multidomain resilience), as well as the predictive value of resilience for long-term outcomes. Using data from 244 parentally bereaved youth ages 8 - 16 who completed multiple assessments over 15 years in a randomized preventive intervention trial, we examined resilience trajectories across 10 outcomes in five domains on which bereaved youth are at risk, assessed over 14 months. Resilience was defined as low, stable problems or high, stable competencies across assessments; and multidomain resilience as the number of outcomes on which there were resilient trajectories. Results showed that resilience was generally common within specific domains, though its prevalence varied across multiple domains. Multidomain resilience followed a near-normal distribution, with few people having no domain on which they are resilient or being resilient across all domains. Several domain-specific resilience trajectories and multidomain resilience predicted multiple outcomes 15 years after baseline.</p>","PeriodicalId":11265,"journal":{"name":"Development and Psychopathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12931431/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146149435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}