Heightened neural sensitivity to social exclusion in boys with a history of low peer preference during primary school
Peer preference among classmates is a highly influential factor in children’s social development and not being preferred by peers has long-term consequences for children’s developmental outcomes. However, little is known about how a history of low peer preference during primary school is associated...
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| author | J. Susanne Asscheman Susanne Koot Ili Ma J. Marieke Buil Lydia Krabbendam Antonius H.N. Cillessen Pol A.C. van Lier |
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| description | Peer preference among classmates is a highly influential factor in children’s social development and not being preferred by peers has long-term consequences for children’s developmental outcomes. However, little is known about how a history of low peer preference during primary school is associated with neural responses to a new social exclusion experience in childhood. In this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, we examined self-reported social distress and neural responses to social exclusion using the Cyberball paradigm in primary school boys (Mage = 10.40 years) with a history of low (n = 27) versus high peer preference (n = 28). Boys were selected from a longitudinal classroom-based study in which children’s peer social preferences were assessed in three consecutive years prior to this study. Neuroimaging results showed that low peer preferred boys exhibited increased activation in the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and right supramarginal gyrus during social exclusion as compared to high peer preferred boys. Increased neural activity was not accompanied by higher self-reported levels of social distress during social exclusion in low versus high peer preferred boys. Findings of this study may provide insight into the neural processes associated with real-life peer experiences in children attending primary school. Keywords: Peer preference, Social exclusion, Cyberball, Childhood, fMRI, dlPFC |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3506c41e48534071bb86b81f1e04b4a52022-12-21T20:04:36ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932019-08-0138Heightened neural sensitivity to social exclusion in boys with a history of low peer preference during primary schoolJ. Susanne Asscheman0Susanne Koot1Ili Ma2J. Marieke Buil3Lydia Krabbendam4Antonius H.N. Cillessen5Pol A.C. van Lier6Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Clinical Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Corresponding author.Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Clinical Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsDonders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Radboud University Nijmegen, Kapittelweg 29, 6525 EN, Nijmegen, the NetherlandsVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Clinical Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Clinical Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsBehavioral Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR, Nijmegen, the NetherlandsVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Clinical Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsPeer preference among classmates is a highly influential factor in children’s social development and not being preferred by peers has long-term consequences for children’s developmental outcomes. However, little is known about how a history of low peer preference during primary school is associated with neural responses to a new social exclusion experience in childhood. In this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, we examined self-reported social distress and neural responses to social exclusion using the Cyberball paradigm in primary school boys (Mage = 10.40 years) with a history of low (n = 27) versus high peer preference (n = 28). Boys were selected from a longitudinal classroom-based study in which children’s peer social preferences were assessed in three consecutive years prior to this study. Neuroimaging results showed that low peer preferred boys exhibited increased activation in the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and right supramarginal gyrus during social exclusion as compared to high peer preferred boys. Increased neural activity was not accompanied by higher self-reported levels of social distress during social exclusion in low versus high peer preferred boys. Findings of this study may provide insight into the neural processes associated with real-life peer experiences in children attending primary school. Keywords: Peer preference, Social exclusion, Cyberball, Childhood, fMRI, dlPFChttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929318302676 |
| spellingShingle | J. Susanne Asscheman Susanne Koot Ili Ma J. Marieke Buil Lydia Krabbendam Antonius H.N. Cillessen Pol A.C. van Lier Heightened neural sensitivity to social exclusion in boys with a history of low peer preference during primary school Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience |
| title | Heightened neural sensitivity to social exclusion in boys with a history of low peer preference during primary school |
| title_full | Heightened neural sensitivity to social exclusion in boys with a history of low peer preference during primary school |
| title_fullStr | Heightened neural sensitivity to social exclusion in boys with a history of low peer preference during primary school |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heightened neural sensitivity to social exclusion in boys with a history of low peer preference during primary school |
| title_short | Heightened neural sensitivity to social exclusion in boys with a history of low peer preference during primary school |
| title_sort | heightened neural sensitivity to social exclusion in boys with a history of low peer preference during primary school |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929318302676 |
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