Abstract

Substantial research links economic adversity to poor coping in stressful or threatening environments. Neuroimaging studies suggest that activation of the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (rVLPFC) plays a key role in self-control, and it seems that individual differences in neurocognitive systems underlying self-control are determined in part by subjective childhood socioeconomic status (SES). The present study used near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to investigate whether subjective childhood SES moderates rVLPFC activity during one form of threatening environment: social exclusion. Twenty-five undergraduates participated in a NIRS session in which they were socially included and then excluded during an online ball-tossing game. Lower subjective childhood SES was associated with higher levels of social distress and lower levels of rVLPFC activity during social exclusion. The present findings suggest that early family environments are reliably associated with deficits in offspring coping resources and processes, as well as with difficulties in regulating interpersonal circumstances.

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Title
Family socioeconomic status modulates the coping-related neural response of offspring
Author
Yanagisawa, Kuniaki 1 ; Masui, Keita 1 ; Furutani, Kaichiro 2 ; Nomura, Michio 2 ; Yoshida, Hiroshi 2 ; Ura, Mitsuhiro 2 

 Graduate School of Integrated, Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8521, Japan, 2 Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences, Tokyo, 102-8472, Japan, 3 Faculty of Contemporary Culture, Hijiyama University, 4-1-1 Ushitashinmachi Higashi-ku Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 732-8509, Japan and 4 Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi Sakyo-ku Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan; Graduate School of Integrated, Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8521, Japan, 2 Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences, Tokyo, 102-8472, Japan, 3 Faculty of Contemporary Culture, Hijiyama University, 4-1-1 Ushitashinmachi Higashi-ku Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 732-8509, Japan and 4 Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi Sakyo-ku Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan 
 Graduate School of Integrated, Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8521, Japan, 2 Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences, Tokyo, 102-8472, Japan, 3 Faculty of Contemporary Culture, Hijiyama University, 4-1-1 Ushitashinmachi Higashi-ku Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 732-8509, Japan and 4 Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi Sakyo-ku Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan 
Pages
617-622
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Aug 2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISSN
17495016
e-ISSN
17495024
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3171558225
Copyright
© The Author(s) (2012). Published by Oxford University Press. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.