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The stability of the feedback negativity and its relationship with depression during childhood and adolescence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2015

Jennifer N. Bress ,
Alexandria Meyer  and
Greg Hajcak Proudfit
Jennifer N. Bress*
Affiliation:
Stony Brook University
Alexandria Meyer
Affiliation:
Stony Brook University
Greg Hajcak Proudfit
Affiliation:
Stony Brook University
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Jennifer N. Bress, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500; E-mail: [email protected].
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Abstract

Feedback negativity (FN) is an event-related potential elicited by monetary reward and loss; it is thought to relate to reward-related neural activity and has been linked to depression in children and adults. In the current study, we examined the stability of FN, and its relationship with depression in adolescents, over 2 years in 45 8- to 13-year-old children. From Time 1 to Time 2, FN in response to monetary loss and in response to monetary gain showed moderate to strong reliability (rs = .64 and .67, respectively); these relationships remained significant even when accounting for related variables. FN also demonstrated high within-session reliability. Moreover, the relationship between a blunted FN and greater depression observed at Time 1 was reproduced at Time 2, and the magnitude of FN at Time 1 predicted depressive symptomatology at Time 2. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that FN and its relationship with depression remain consistent over the course of development, and that FN may prospectively predict later depressive symptomatology. The current results suggest that FN may be suitable as a biomarker of depressive symptoms during adolescence.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 27 , Issue 4pt1 , November 2015 , pp. 1285 - 1294
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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