Heightened activity in social reward networks is associated with adolescents’ risky sexual behaviors
| Autor: | Nicholas B. Allen, Arpita Mohanty, Neil P. Jones, Erika E. Forbes, Jennifer S. Silk, Marissa Cross, Sophia Choukas-Bradley, Kristen L. Eckstrand |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex Adolescent Sexual Behavior Cognitive Neuroscience Temporoparietal junction Affective neuroscience Article 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Social support Risk-Taking 0302 clinical medicine Reward medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Prefrontal cortex Social influence lcsh:QP351-495 05 social sciences Social Support Youth Risk Behavior Survey Sexual intercourse lcsh:Neurophysiology and neuropsychology medicine.anatomical_structure Adolescent Behavior Female Psychology psychological phenomena and processes 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Vol 27, Iss, Pp 1-9 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1878-9293 |
| Popis: | Adolescent sexual risk behavior can lead to serious health consequences, yet few investigations have addressed its neurodevelopmental mechanisms. Social neurocircuitry is postulated to underlie the development of risky sexual behavior, and response to social reward may be especially relevant. Typically developing adolescents (N = 47; 18M, 29F; 16.3 ± 1.4 years; 42.5% sexual intercourse experience) completed a social reward fMRI task and reported their sexual risk behaviors (e.g., lifetime sexual partners) on the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Neural response and functional connectivity to social reward were compared for adolescents with higher- and lower-risk sexual behavior. Adolescents with higher-risk sexual behaviors demonstrated increased activation in the right precuneus and the right temporoparietal junction during receipt of social reward. Adolescents with higher-risk sexual behaviors also demonstrated greater functional connectivity between the precuneus and the temporoparietal junction bilaterally, dorsal medial prefrontal cortex, and left anterior insula/ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. The greater activation and functional connectivity in self-referential, social reward, and affective processing regions among higher sexual risk adolescents underscores the importance of social influence underlying sexual risk behaviors. Furthermore, results suggest an orientation towards and sensitivity to social rewards among youth engaging in higher-risk sexual behavior, perhaps as a consequence of or vulnerability to such behavior. Keywords: Sexual risk, Sexual behavior, Adolescence, Social reward, Peers, Affective neuroscience |
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