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The onset of puberty: effects on the psychophysiology of defensive and appetitive motivation

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Quevedo, Karina M., Benning, Stephen D., Gunnar, Megan R., Dahl, Ronald E.·2009·Development and Psychopathology

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We examined puberty-specific effects on affect-related behavior and on the psychophysiology of defensive and appetitive motivation while controlling for age. Adolescents (N = 94, ages = 12 and 13 years) viewed 75 pictures (International Affective Picture System: pleasant, neutral, and aversive) while listening to auditory probes. Startle response and postauricular (PA) reflex were collected as measures of defensive and appetitive motivation, respectively. Pubertal status and measures of anxiety/stress reaction and sensation/thrill seeking were obtained. Mid-/late pubertal adolescents showed enhanced startle amplitude across all picture valences. A Puberty x Valence interaction revealed that mid-/late pubertal adolescents showed appetitive potentiation of the PA, whereas pre-/early pubertal adolescents showed no modulation of the PA reflex. Mid-/late pubertal adolescents also scored significantly higher on measures of sensation/thrill seeking than did their pre-/early pubertal peers and puberty moderated the association between psychophysiology and behavioral measures, suggesting that it plays a role in reorganizing defensive and appetitive motivational systems.

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Authors
Quevedo, K. M., Benning, S. D., Gunnar, M. R., & Dahl, R. E.
Affiliations
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • Vanderbilt University (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
Corresponding author
Quevedo, Karina M.
Venue
Development and Psychopathology
Published
2009-01
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
27-45
ISSN
  • 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2198
OpenAlex
W2143632832
Cited by
100
References
83
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FWCI
10.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (T32 MH15755, K05MH066208, T32MH015755, K-05 MH66208)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA018910)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
Keywords
puberty, pubertal stage, defensive motivation, appetitive motivation, startle response, sensation seeking, adolescents, motivation system
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Affect, Anxiety, Appetite, Appetitive Behavior, Auditory Perception, Blinking, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Motivation, Puberty, Risk-Taking, Sensation, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Reflex, Startle, Visual Perception

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