Like me Back: Neural Correlates of Low Perceived Relational Value in Peer Victimized Youth.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Perceived relational value describes the extent to which individuals consider themselves to be liked and valued. Given the salience of peer opinions in adolescence, perceived relational value is an important part of adolescents' developing self-concept. Here, we examined the neural correlates of youth's perceptions of their relational value in two independent samples (N = 33, Mage = 13.71, SD = 2.71; N = 26, Mage = 15.43, SD = 0.33). In both studies, peer victimization was associated with lower perceived relational value behaviorally and with altered frontostriatal connectivity when perceiving low relational value during fMRI. Our results suggest that peer victimization may lead youth to become biased about how they will be perceived socially and may disrupt connectivity between brain regions involved in responding to appetitive social stimuli.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Fowler, CH; Lin, LC; Rudolph, KD; Telzer, EH
Published Date
- June 2021
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 31 / 2
Start / End Page
- 435 - 450
PubMed ID
- 33754422
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC8344568
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1532-7795
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1050-8392
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1111/jora.12615
Language
- eng