Reward sensitivity and internalizing symptoms during the transition to puberty: An examination of 9-and 10-year-olds in the ABCD Study
Early pubertal timing has been linked to increased risk for internalizing psychopathology in adolescents. Work in older adolescents and adults suggests that heightened reward sensitivity may buffer risk for internalizing symptoms. However, few studies have investigated these associations during the...
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| author | Elizabeth A. McNeilly Natalie M. Saragosa-Harris Kathryn L. Mills Ronald E. Dahl Lucía Magis-Weinberg |
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| description | Early pubertal timing has been linked to increased risk for internalizing psychopathology in adolescents. Work in older adolescents and adults suggests that heightened reward sensitivity may buffer risk for internalizing symptoms. However, few studies have investigated these associations during the early transition to puberty, a window of vulnerability to mental health risk. In this preregistered study, we investigated the associations among pubertal timing, internalizing symptoms, and reward sensitivity in a large, population-based sample of 11,224 9–10 year-olds from the ABCD Study®. Using split-half analysis, we tested for within-sample replications of hypothesized effects across two age- and sex-matched subsets of the sample. Early pubertal timing was associated with higher internalizing symptoms in female and male participants across samples, with 9–10 year-olds in the mid-pubertal stage at the highest risk for internalizing symptoms. Additionally, early pubertal timing was robustly associated with greater self-reported reward sensitivity in both female and male participants. We observed inconsistent evidence for a moderating role of reward sensitivity across measurement domains (self-report, behavioral, and fMRI data), several of which differed by sex, but none of these interactions replicated across samples. Together, these findings provide unique insights into early indicators of risk for internalizing psychopathology during the transition to puberty in a large, population-based, demographically diverse sample of youth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-efaa38e304db4d9ea509e5a2f00861a12022-12-22T04:22:52ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932022-12-0158101172Reward sensitivity and internalizing symptoms during the transition to puberty: An examination of 9-and 10-year-olds in the ABCD StudyElizabeth A. McNeilly0Natalie M. Saragosa-Harris1Kathryn L. Mills2Ronald E. Dahl3Lucía Magis-Weinberg4Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, USADepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Oregon, USA; PROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, NorwayInstitute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley, USA; School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Washington, USA; Corresponding author.Early pubertal timing has been linked to increased risk for internalizing psychopathology in adolescents. Work in older adolescents and adults suggests that heightened reward sensitivity may buffer risk for internalizing symptoms. However, few studies have investigated these associations during the early transition to puberty, a window of vulnerability to mental health risk. In this preregistered study, we investigated the associations among pubertal timing, internalizing symptoms, and reward sensitivity in a large, population-based sample of 11,224 9–10 year-olds from the ABCD Study®. Using split-half analysis, we tested for within-sample replications of hypothesized effects across two age- and sex-matched subsets of the sample. Early pubertal timing was associated with higher internalizing symptoms in female and male participants across samples, with 9–10 year-olds in the mid-pubertal stage at the highest risk for internalizing symptoms. Additionally, early pubertal timing was robustly associated with greater self-reported reward sensitivity in both female and male participants. We observed inconsistent evidence for a moderating role of reward sensitivity across measurement domains (self-report, behavioral, and fMRI data), several of which differed by sex, but none of these interactions replicated across samples. Together, these findings provide unique insights into early indicators of risk for internalizing psychopathology during the transition to puberty in a large, population-based, demographically diverse sample of youth.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322001153PubertyInternalizingRewardSplit-half analysisABCD Study |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth A. McNeilly Natalie M. Saragosa-Harris Kathryn L. Mills Ronald E. Dahl Lucía Magis-Weinberg Reward sensitivity and internalizing symptoms during the transition to puberty: An examination of 9-and 10-year-olds in the ABCD Study Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Puberty Internalizing Reward Split-half analysis ABCD Study |
| title | Reward sensitivity and internalizing symptoms during the transition to puberty: An examination of 9-and 10-year-olds in the ABCD Study |
| title_full | Reward sensitivity and internalizing symptoms during the transition to puberty: An examination of 9-and 10-year-olds in the ABCD Study |
| title_fullStr | Reward sensitivity and internalizing symptoms during the transition to puberty: An examination of 9-and 10-year-olds in the ABCD Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reward sensitivity and internalizing symptoms during the transition to puberty: An examination of 9-and 10-year-olds in the ABCD Study |
| title_short | Reward sensitivity and internalizing symptoms during the transition to puberty: An examination of 9-and 10-year-olds in the ABCD Study |
| title_sort | reward sensitivity and internalizing symptoms during the transition to puberty an examination of 9 and 10 year olds in the abcd study |
| topic | Puberty Internalizing Reward Split-half analysis ABCD Study |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322001153 |
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