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Dageon Yeo1,2, Seulgi Lee1,2, Haemi Choi3
1Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Neurobiology of Stress
|April 4, 2024
Summary
Negative automatic thoughts mediate the link between childhood emotional abuse and adolescent brain connectivity. This highlights cognitive processes in trauma response and supports cognitive therapy for post-traumatic symptoms.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychology
- Mental Health
Background:
- Childhood emotional abuse is linked to brain changes, but the neural mechanisms are unclear.
- The role of cognitive processes, specifically negative automatic thoughts, in this relationship requires investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the mediating effect of negative automatic thoughts.
- To understand the relationship between emotional abuse and resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) in adolescents.
Main Methods:
- Community sample of 54 adolescents (aged 13-17).
- Resting-state functional and structural MRI scans.
- Self-reported emotional abuse and negative automatic thoughts.
- Mediation analysis to assess contributions to rsFC.
Main Results:
- Negative automatic thoughts suppressed some emotional abuse-rsFC links (e.g., precuneus-medial prefrontal cortex).
- Negative automatic thoughts strongly mediated other emotional abuse-rsFC connections (e.g., precuneus-precuneus, nucleus accumbens-somatomotor areas).
Conclusions:
- Negative automatic thoughts strengthen the association between emotional abuse and rsFC in adolescents.
- Findings illuminate cognitive processing in the trauma-neural system, supporting cognitive therapy for trauma.
- Understanding these cognitive-neural pathways is crucial for treating post-traumatic symptoms.
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