@article{ref1,
title="Longitudinal associations among child maltreatment, resting frontal electroencephalogram asymmetry, and adolescent shyness",
journal="Child development",
year="2018",
author="Lahat, Ayelet and Tang, Alva and Tanaka, Masako and Van Lieshout, Ryan J. and MacMillan, Harriet L. and Schmidt, Louis A.",
volume="89",
number="3",
pages="746-757",
abstract="Child maltreatment is linked to distinct neurophysiological patterns and social-emotional vulnerability. Relations among maltreatment, relative resting frontal alpha asymmetry, shyness, and psychopathology were examined prospectively. Adolescent girls (age 14-16) who experienced child maltreatment (N = 55) were compared to nonmaltreated controls (N = 25), and returned for 6- and 12-month follow-ups. Among participants exhibiting relative right frontal asymmetry, maltreated adolescents reported higher shyness than controls at Time 1. Low-stable and high-stable shyness trajectories were observed for maltreated participants. Compared to low shy, participants in high-shy trajectory reported at Time 3: higher neuroticism and generalized anxiety; and lower extraversion if they also exhibited relative right frontal asymmetry. Thus, right frontal brain activity and shyness are involved in social-emotional vulnerability of adolescents who experienced child maltreatment.<br><br>© 2018 Society for Research in Child Development.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-3920",
doi="10.1111/cdev.13060",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13060"
}