Adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context
Adolescence has been characterized as a period of heightened sensitivity to social contexts. However, adolescents vary in how their social contexts affect them. According to neurobiological susceptibility models, endogenous, biological factors confer some individuals, relative to others, with greate...
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description | Adolescence has been characterized as a period of heightened sensitivity to social contexts. However, adolescents vary in how their social contexts affect them. According to neurobiological susceptibility models, endogenous, biological factors confer some individuals, relative to others, with greater susceptibility to environmental influences, whereby more susceptible individuals fare the best or worst of all individuals, depending on the environment encountered (e.g., high vs. low parental warmth). Until recently, research guided by these theoretical frameworks has not incorporated direct measures of brain structure or function to index this sensitivity. Drawing on prevailing models of adolescent neurodevelopment and a growing number of neuroimaging studies on the interrelations among social contexts, the brain, and developmental outcomes, we review research that supports the idea of adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context for understanding why and how adolescents differ in development and well-being. We propose that adolescent development is shaped by brain-based individual differences in sensitivity to social contexts – be they positive or negative – such as those created through relationships with parents/caregivers and peers. Ultimately, we recommend that future research measure brain function and structure to operationalize susceptibility factors that moderate the influence of social contexts on developmental outcomes. |
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spelling | doaj.art-4721dcdabe7b4339beb433a62106512c2022-12-22T02:35:32ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92931878-93072016-06-0119C11810.1016/j.dcn.2015.12.009Adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social contextRoberta A. Schriber0Amanda E. Guyer1Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis, California, United StatesCenter for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis, California, United StatesAdolescence has been characterized as a period of heightened sensitivity to social contexts. However, adolescents vary in how their social contexts affect them. According to neurobiological susceptibility models, endogenous, biological factors confer some individuals, relative to others, with greater susceptibility to environmental influences, whereby more susceptible individuals fare the best or worst of all individuals, depending on the environment encountered (e.g., high vs. low parental warmth). Until recently, research guided by these theoretical frameworks has not incorporated direct measures of brain structure or function to index this sensitivity. Drawing on prevailing models of adolescent neurodevelopment and a growing number of neuroimaging studies on the interrelations among social contexts, the brain, and developmental outcomes, we review research that supports the idea of adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context for understanding why and how adolescents differ in development and well-being. We propose that adolescent development is shaped by brain-based individual differences in sensitivity to social contexts – be they positive or negative – such as those created through relationships with parents/caregivers and peers. Ultimately, we recommend that future research measure brain function and structure to operationalize susceptibility factors that moderate the influence of social contexts on developmental outcomes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929315001280AdolescenceBrain developmentSocial environmentNeuroimagingIndividual differences |
spellingShingle | Roberta A. Schriber Amanda E. Guyer Adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Adolescence Brain development Social environment Neuroimaging Individual differences |
title | Adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context |
title_full | Adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context |
title_fullStr | Adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context |
title_full_unstemmed | Adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context |
title_short | Adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context |
title_sort | adolescent neurobiological susceptibility to social context |
topic | Adolescence Brain development Social environment Neuroimaging Individual differences |
url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929315001280 |
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