Effects of social context information on neural face processing in youth with social anxiety disorder / Anna-Lina RAUSCHENBACH in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 67-5 (May 2026)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 67-5 (May 2026) . - p.620-630 Titre : Effects of social context information on neural face processing in youth with social anxiety disorder Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Anna-Lina RAUSCHENBACH, Auteur ; Vera HAUFFE, Auteur ; Jakob FINK-LAMOTTE, Auteur ; Brunna TUSCHEN-CAFFIER, Auteur ; Julian SCHMITZ, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.620-630 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : children  social anxiety  face processing  context effects  event-related potentials Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Social anxiety disorder (SAD) in youth is associated with significant psychosocial impairments; however, the cognitive and neural mechanisms that maintain it, particularly during childhood and adolescence, remain underexplored. Cognitive models emphasize the role of altered face processing, and neutral facial expressions may be perceived as threatening. Due to their ambiguous nature, contextual cues may play a particularly important role in interpretation. Methods We presented neutral child faces paired with social context information varying in valence (negative, neutral, positive) while continuous EEG was recorded. Subjective valence ratings and neural responses (P100, N170, and LPP) were assessed in children and adolescents aged 10?15?years with SAD (n?=?53), clinical controls with specific phobias (SP; n?=?41), and healthy controls (HC; n?=?61). Results Overall, context information affected both the subjective and neural responses to neutral faces in all children and adolescents, for example, more negative ratings for negatively contextualized faces. Further, participants with SAD generally rated all faces as more negative compared to HCs. Neurally, they showed lower N170 amplitudes compared to both control groups in response to all neutral faces, independent of the context valence. However, only younger children (aged 10?12?years) with SAD showed higher LPP amplitudes than younger HCs. Conclusions Processing biases seem to be already present in children and adolescents with SAD, both at the subjective and neural level. Social context information influences neutral face processing but is independent of psychopathology. Future studies examining age effects are needed to investigate whether childhood reflects a particularly sensitive period for the development of processing biases. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70026 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=586 [article] Effects of social context information on neural face processing in youth with social anxiety disorder [texte imprimé] / Anna-Lina RAUSCHENBACH, Auteur ; Vera HAUFFE, Auteur ; Jakob FINK-LAMOTTE, Auteur ; Brunna TUSCHEN-CAFFIER, Auteur ; Julian SCHMITZ, Auteur . - p.620-630. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 67-5 (May 2026) . - p.620-630 Mots-clés : children  social anxiety  face processing  context effects  event-related potentials Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Social anxiety disorder (SAD) in youth is associated with significant psychosocial impairments; however, the cognitive and neural mechanisms that maintain it, particularly during childhood and adolescence, remain underexplored. Cognitive models emphasize the role of altered face processing, and neutral facial expressions may be perceived as threatening. Due to their ambiguous nature, contextual cues may play a particularly important role in interpretation. Methods We presented neutral child faces paired with social context information varying in valence (negative, neutral, positive) while continuous EEG was recorded. Subjective valence ratings and neural responses (P100, N170, and LPP) were assessed in children and adolescents aged 10?15?years with SAD (n?=?53), clinical controls with specific phobias (SP; n?=?41), and healthy controls (HC; n?=?61). Results Overall, context information affected both the subjective and neural responses to neutral faces in all children and adolescents, for example, more negative ratings for negatively contextualized faces. Further, participants with SAD generally rated all faces as more negative compared to HCs. Neurally, they showed lower N170 amplitudes compared to both control groups in response to all neutral faces, independent of the context valence. However, only younger children (aged 10?12?years) with SAD showed higher LPP amplitudes than younger HCs. Conclusions Processing biases seem to be already present in children and adolescents with SAD, both at the subjective and neural level. Social context information influences neutral face processing but is independent of psychopathology. Future studies examining age effects are needed to investigate whether childhood reflects a particularly sensitive period for the development of processing biases. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70026 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=586

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