Age- and sex-related differences in social competence and emotion labeling in pre-adolescence
Identification of facial expressions is important to navigate social interactions and associates with developmental outcomes. It is presumed that social competence, behavioral emotion labeling and neural emotional face processing are related, but this has rarely been studied. Here, we investigated t...
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| author | Elizabeth E.L. Buimer Pascal Pas Carlijn van den Boomen Mathijs Raemaekers Rachel M. Brouwer Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol |
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| description | Identification of facial expressions is important to navigate social interactions and associates with developmental outcomes. It is presumed that social competence, behavioral emotion labeling and neural emotional face processing are related, but this has rarely been studied. Here, we investigated these interrelations and their associations with age and sex, in the YOUth cohort (1055 children, 8–11 years old). Using a multistep linear modelling approach, we associated parent-reported social competence, basic emotion labeling skills based on pictures of facial expressions, and neural facial emotion processing during a passive-watching fMRI task with pictures of houses and emotional faces. Results showed better emotion labeling and higher social competence for girls compared to boys. Age was positively associated with emotion labeling skills and specific social competence subscales. These age- and sex-differences were not reflected in brain function. During fMRI, happy faces elicited more activity than neutral or fearful faces. However, we did not find evidence for the hypothesized links between social competence and behavioral emotion labeling, and with neural activity. To conclude, in pre-adolescents, social competence and emotion labeling varied with age and sex, while social competence, emotion labeling and neural processing of emotional faces were not associated with each other. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e5d9f9bb3d0b415eae77b7a9efcf70022025-01-22T05:41:20ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932025-01-0171101503Age- and sex-related differences in social competence and emotion labeling in pre-adolescenceElizabeth E.L. Buimer0Pascal Pas1Carlijn van den Boomen2Mathijs Raemaekers3Rachel M. Brouwer4Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol5Department of Psychiatry, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands; Correspondence to: Pieter de la Court Building (room 4B42), Wassenaarseweg 52, Leiden 2333 AK, the Netherlands.Department of Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the NetherlandsDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the NetherlandsDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the NetherlandsDepartment of Psychiatry, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Centre for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsDepartment of Psychiatry, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the NetherlandsIdentification of facial expressions is important to navigate social interactions and associates with developmental outcomes. It is presumed that social competence, behavioral emotion labeling and neural emotional face processing are related, but this has rarely been studied. Here, we investigated these interrelations and their associations with age and sex, in the YOUth cohort (1055 children, 8–11 years old). Using a multistep linear modelling approach, we associated parent-reported social competence, basic emotion labeling skills based on pictures of facial expressions, and neural facial emotion processing during a passive-watching fMRI task with pictures of houses and emotional faces. Results showed better emotion labeling and higher social competence for girls compared to boys. Age was positively associated with emotion labeling skills and specific social competence subscales. These age- and sex-differences were not reflected in brain function. During fMRI, happy faces elicited more activity than neutral or fearful faces. However, we did not find evidence for the hypothesized links between social competence and behavioral emotion labeling, and with neural activity. To conclude, in pre-adolescents, social competence and emotion labeling varied with age and sex, while social competence, emotion labeling and neural processing of emotional faces were not associated with each other.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929324001646Functional magnetic resonance imagingEmotion processingSocial competenceChildrenDevelopmentSex differences |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth E.L. Buimer Pascal Pas Carlijn van den Boomen Mathijs Raemaekers Rachel M. Brouwer Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol Age- and sex-related differences in social competence and emotion labeling in pre-adolescence Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Functional magnetic resonance imaging Emotion processing Social competence Children Development Sex differences |
| title | Age- and sex-related differences in social competence and emotion labeling in pre-adolescence |
| title_full | Age- and sex-related differences in social competence and emotion labeling in pre-adolescence |
| title_fullStr | Age- and sex-related differences in social competence and emotion labeling in pre-adolescence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Age- and sex-related differences in social competence and emotion labeling in pre-adolescence |
| title_short | Age- and sex-related differences in social competence and emotion labeling in pre-adolescence |
| title_sort | age and sex related differences in social competence and emotion labeling in pre adolescence |
| topic | Functional magnetic resonance imaging Emotion processing Social competence Children Development Sex differences |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929324001646 |
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