Background Depression risk increases during adolescent development, and individual
differences in neural sensitivity to peer feedback (rejection vs. acceptance) may be a key …

A primary goal of neuroscience is to understand the relationship between the brain and
behavior. While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examines brain structure and function …

Social feedback from parents has a profound impact on the development of a child's self-
concept. Yet, little is known about adolescents' affective and neural responses to parental …

Adolescence is an important stage for the development of emotion regulation skills,
especially for adolescent girls who are at elevated risk for the development of depression …

Uncovering the neural mechanisms of ostracism experience (including its subclasses of
excluded and ignored experiences) is important. However, the resting-state functional brain …

The ability to accurately identify and interpret others' emotions is critical for social and
emotional functioning during adolescence. Indeed, previous research has identified that …

Informed by the interaction of person-affect-cognition-execution (I-PACE) theory, the present
studies examined the association between peer rejection, peer popularity, and social media …

Background Neurobiological measures may inform our understanding of individual
differences in adolescents' general risk for and resilience to depressive symptoms, including …

Background Despite broad recognition of the central role of avoidance in anxiety, a lack of
specificity in its operationalization has hindered progress in understanding this clinically …

Self-concept becomes reliant on social comparison, potentially leading to excessive self-
focused attention, persistently negative self-concept and increased risk for depression …