Longitudinal Associations Among Child Maltreatment, Resting Frontal Electroencephalogram Asymmetry, and Adolescent Shyness. Issue 3 (26th March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lahat, Ayelet; Tang, Alva; Tanaka, Masako; Van Lieshout, Ryan J.; MacMillan, Harriet L.; Schmidt, Louis A.
• Is Part Of: Child development. Volume 89:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 746
• Page End: 757
• Publication Date: 2018-03-26
• Subjects: Child development -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child Development -- Periodicals; Child Development; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pedicatrics; 305.231
• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13060
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-3920

Abstract

Abstract : Child maltreatment is linked to distinct neurophysiological patterns and social‐emotional vulnerability. Relations among maltreatment, relative resting frontal alpha asymmetry, shyness, and psychopathology were examined prospectively. Adolescent girls (age 14–16) who experienced child maltreatment ( N = 55) were compared to nonmaltreated controls ( N = 25), and returned for 6‐ and 12‐month follow‐ups. Among participants exhibiting relative right frontal asymmetry, maltreated adolescents reported higher shyness than controls at Time 1. Low‐stable and high‐stable shyness trajectories were observed for maltreated participants. Compared to low shy, participants in high‐shy trajectory reported at Time 3: higher neuroticism and generalized anxiety; and lower extraversion if they also exhibited relative right frontal asymmetry. Thus, right frontal brain activity and shyness are involved in social‐emotional vulnerability of adolescents who experienced child maltreatment. Abstract : The title for this Special Section isThe Developing Brain: Evidence for Plasticity during Childhood and Adolescence, edited by Amanda E. Guyer, Koraly Pérez‐Edgar, and Eveline A. Crone