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Peer Connectedness and Pre‐Existing Social Reward Processing Predicts U.S. Adolescent Girls’ Suicidal Ideation During COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Hutchinson Emily A.,
Sequeira Stefanie L.,
Silk Jennifer S.,
Jones Neil P.,
Oppenheimer Caroline,
Scott Lori,
Ladouceur Cecile D.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12652
Subject(s) - social connectedness , psychology , suicidal ideation , covid-19 , odds , clinical psychology , peer group , developmental psychology , loneliness , psychiatry , poison control , suicide prevention , social psychology , medicine , logistic regression , medical emergency , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
There is major concern about the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on adolescent suicidal ideation (SI) and peer relationships. We investigated (1) rates of SI and (2) the extent to which peer connectedness and pre‐existing neural activation to social reward predicted SI during the initial stay‐at‐home orders of the pandemic (April–May 2020) in a longitudinal sample of adolescent girls ( N = 93; M age = 15.06; 69% White non‐Hispanic). Daily diary and fMRI methods were used to assess peer connectedness and neural activation to social reward, respectively. Nearly 40% of girls endorsed SI during the initial stay‐at‐home orders. Greater peer connectedness and neural responsivity to anticipated social reward were associated with a reduced odds of SI during the pandemic among girls.