Cited by 137Child Abuse and TraumaChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Behavioral Alterations in Reward System Function

GUYER, AMANDA E., KAUFMAN, JOAN, HODGDON, HILARY B., MASTEN, CARRIE L., JAZBEC, SANDRA, PINE, DANIEL S., ERNST, MONIQUE·2006·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Objective To examine in children the influence of maltreatment and associated psychiatric sequelae on behavioral responses to reward stimuli.Method A computerized two-choice decision-making task involving probabilistic monetary gains was used to probe elemental processes of goal-directed actions. Using different risk contingencies, the authors examined decision-making, expectations of outcomes, and affective responses to rewards in 38 maltreated children and 21 demographically matched controls (8-14 years old).Results Maltreated children selected risk options faster than controls; however, whereas controls responded more quickly as the chance of winning increased, maltreated children did not vary in response speed as a function of the likelihood of winning. When choosing between high- and low-risk options, maltreated children with depressive disorders more frequently selected safe over risky choices than did controls. No group differences emerged in self-report ratings of positive or negative reactions to winning or not winning, respectively.Conclusions This initial experimental study of responses to reward lays the groundwork for subsequent research on neurodevelopmental aspects of reward processes in relationship to maltreatment and psychopathology. Clinical applications of these data may be relevant for developing treatment plans for maltreated children, particularly those with depression.

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  • Individuals with a history of abuse show impairments in adjusting reward-seeking behavior when environmental information changes.

    “those with a history of abuse demonstrate impairments in adjusting reward-seeking behavior based on changing environmental information (Guyer et al., 2006; Pechtel and Pizzagalli, 2013)”

    From The effects of early life stress on reward processing (2018) · cites this paper as Guyer et al., 2006

  • Greater emotional hyperarousal could account for why children with ELS did not adjust reaction time according to reward probability.

    “Such increased emotional hyperarousal might explain why children with a history of ELS failed to modulate their reaction time based on the probability of reward (Guyer et al., 2006).”

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Authors
GUYER, A. E., KAUFMAN, J., HODGDON, H. B., MASTEN, C. L., JAZBEC, S., PINE, D. S., & ERNST, M.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
GUYER, AMANDA E.
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-09
Volume
45
Issue
9
Pages
1059-1067
ISSN
0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2118811485
Cited by
137
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 3
FWCI
2.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (1 R01MH65519-01, R01MH065519)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
child abuse, reward processing, decision-making, risk-taking, depressive disorders, goal-directed behavior, outcome expectations, brain development
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Child Abuse, Child Behavior Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Motivation, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reward, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

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