Chronic Childhood Peer Rejection is Associated with Heightened Neural Responses to Social Exclusion During Adolescence

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-55

  Will, Geert Jan ^a,b   van Lier, Pol A C ^c   Crone, Eveline A ^a,b,d   Güroğlu, Berna ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Cyberball; fMRI; Ostracism; Peer relations; Peer status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEER GROUP; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84958175986     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-9983-0     Document Type: Article

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