APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Residence in High Violent Crime Neighborhoods Is Associated with Lower Monetary Reward Anticipation in Nucleus Accumbens in Emerging Adulthood
- Zoe Adogli
Temple University - Iris Ka-Yi Chat
Temple University - Andrew Gepty
George Washington University - Ann Carroll
Northwestern University - Katherine Damme
Northwestern University - Robin Nusslock
Northwestern University - Lauren Alloy
Temple University
Abstract
Living in high crime neighborhoods is associated with chronic stress, depression, and deficits in neural reward processing. We hypothesized that adolescents living in high crime neighborhoods would exhibit blunted reward-related neural activation. Results show lower nucleus accumbens activation, B=-.226, SE=.096, t=-2.347, p=.022, ΔR2=.056 during reward anticipation, but not reward outcome.
Psychopathology
