APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Longitudinal Pathways Linking Socioeconomic Adversity, Neural Risk Processing, Delay Discounting, and Adolescent Substance Use

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Psychology of Inequality

  • Jungmeen Kim-Spoon
    Virginia Tech
  • Nina Lauharatarahirun
    Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
  • Kristin Peviani
    Virginia Tech
  • Alexis Brieant
    Yale
  • Toria Herd
    Virginia Tech
  • Jacob Elder
    Virginia Tech
  • Kirby Deater-Deckard
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Warren Bickel
    Addiction Recovery Research Center
  • Brooks King-Casas
    Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Abstract

Using longitudinal data of 135 adolescents, structural equation modeling analysis revealed significant indirect effects of family environmental risk (including socioeconomic adversity) at Time 1 on substance use at Time 3, mediated through heightened amygdala activation during risk processing at Time 1 and impulsive decision making at Time 2.

Substance Use and Abuse

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