When is solitude maladaptive for adolescents? A comprehensive study of sociability and characteristics of solitude

ME Borg, T Willoughby - Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2023 - Springer
Research examining the link between solitude and psychosocial adjustment among
adolescents has lacked a comprehensive, person-centered examination of differential …

Generational Shifts in Adolescent Mental Health: A Longitudinal Time-Lag Study

ME Borg, T Heffer, T Willoughby - Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2024 - Springer
There is concern that adolescents today are experiencing a “mental health crisis” compared
to previous generations. Research has lacked a longitudinal time-lag design to directly …

Does cognitive control mediate the relationship between peer presence and adolescent risk‐taking? An ERP study

M Guo, Y Lu, R Zhai, L Tian - Psychophysiology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Peer presence influences risk‐taking behavior, particularly in adolescence. Based on the
dual system model, this event‐related potential study examined whether and how the …

[HTML][HTML] Adolescent neurodevelopment and psychopathology: The interplay between adversity exposure and genetic risk for accelerated brain ageing

R Petrican, A Fornito - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2023 - Elsevier
In adulthood, stress exposure and genetic risk heighten psychological vulnerability by
accelerating neurobiological senescence. To investigate whether molecular and brain …

Longitudinal Changes in Psychosocial Adjustment Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Adolescents with Differential Patterns of Solitude and Sociability

ME Borg, T Willoughby - Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2024 - Springer
Previous research has lacked a comprehensive, longitudinal analysis of characteristics of
solitude and sociability, and how they are associated with changes in psychosocial …

Group decision-making on risky choice in adolescents and young adults

W Zhang, Y Jiang, C Wang, L Zhu - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Adolescence, a period during which risk-taking behaviors frequently occur, is susceptible to
peer influence. However, the direction of peer influence on group decision-making among …

Shyness and risk-taking during peer observation in children and adolescents

KL Poole, T Willoughby - Journal of experimental child psychology, 2024 - Elsevier
Although temperamental shyness is conceptualized as a trait marked by cautiousness, we
know relatively little about its relation to risk-taking. We examined how shyness was related …

Behavioral inhibition and approach tendencies are associated with striatal activation to loss: Implications for adolescent substance use

SF Gonçalves, KL Mauro, MG Kinsey-Kerr, AG Fuentes… - Neuropsychologia, 2022 - Elsevier
Behavioral inhibition/avoidance and approach systems (BIS/BAS), which facilitate
avoidance of aversive stimuli and approach of enticing stimuli, are thought to underlie …

Psychological Resilience in Adolescence as a function of Genetic Risk for Major Depressive Disorder and Alzheimer's Disease

R Petrican, A Fornito - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Abstract Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are two
pathologies linked to prior stress exposure and altered neurodevelopmental trajectories. As …

[BOOK][B] Characteristics of Children at Risk for the Development of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms

EP Wilton - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized by obsessions (ie, intrusive,
unwanted thoughts or images) and compulsions (ie, repetitive, ritualistic behaviors) …