Understanding Wellbeing Profiles According to White Matter Structural Connectivity Sub-types in Early Adolescents : The First Hundred Brains Cohort from the Longitudinal Adolescent Brain Study

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Wellbeing is protective against the emergence of psychopathology. Neurobiological markers associated with mental wellbeing during adolescence are important to understand. Limited research has examined neural networks (white matter tracts) and mental wellbeing in early adolescence specifically. A cross-sectional diffusion tensor imaging analysis approach was conducted, from the Longitudinal Adolescent Brain study, First Hundred Brains cohort (N = 99; 46.5% female; Mage = 13.01, SD = 0.55). Participants completed self-report measures including wellbeing, quality-of-life, and psychological distress. Potential neurobiological profiles using fractional anisotropy, axial, and radial diffusivity were determined via a whole brain voxel-wise approach, and hierarchical cluster analysis of fractional anisotropy values, obtained from 21 major white matter tracts. Three cluster groups with significantly different neurobiological profiles were distinguished. No significant differences were found between the three cluster groups and measures of wellbeing, but two left lateralized significant associations between white matter tracts and wellbeing measures were found. These results provide preliminary evidence for potential neurobiological markers of mental health and wellbeing in early adolescence and should be tracked longitudinally to provide more detailed and robust findings.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

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Journal of youth and adolescence - 53(2024), 5 vom: 29. Apr., Seite 1029-1046

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Driver, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Boyes, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Mohamed, Abdalla Z [VerfasserIn]
Levenstein, Jacob M [VerfasserIn]
Parker, Marcella [VerfasserIn]
Hermens, Daniel F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescence
Journal Article
Mental health
Wellbeing
White matter

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Date Completed 01.04.2024

Date Revised 01.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10964-024-01939-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36708385X