TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Longitudinal associations among child maltreatment, resting frontal electroencephalogram asymmetry, and adolescent shyness
JO  - Child development
A1  - Lahat, Ayelet
A1  - Tang, Alva
A1  - Tanaka, Masako
A1  - Van Lieshout, Ryan J.
A1  - MacMillan, Harriet L.
A1  - Schmidt, Louis A.
SP  - 746
EP  - 757
VL  - 89
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-3920
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13060
ID  - ref1
ER  -