2024
Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task
Edgar E, Waugh A, Wu J, Castagna P, Potenza M, Mayes L, Crowley M. Risk avoidance and social anxiety in adolescence: Examination of event-related potentials and theta-dynamics on the Balloon Risk Avoidance Task. Brain And Cognition 2024, 180: 106209. PMID: 39137602, PMCID: PMC11371477, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2024.106209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLevels of social anxietySocially anxious youthSocial anxietyAnxious youthAvoidance taskSocial Phobia and Anxiety InventoryLow levels of social anxietyRisk avoidanceNeural correlatesAvoidance conditioningSuccessful avoidanceTheta dynamicsAnxiety InventoryTheta powerBehavioral correlatesAnxietyTheta responseFRNAdolescentsAvoidanceConcurrent electroencephalographySlow-waveYouthOscillatory dynamicsTask
2021
Avoidance in Adolescence: The Balloon Risk Avoidance Task (BRAT)
Crowley M, van Noordt S, Castagna P, Vaca F, Wu J, Lejuez C, Mayes L. Avoidance in Adolescence: The Balloon Risk Avoidance Task (BRAT). Journal Of Psychopathology And Behavioral Assessment 2021, 44: 297-311. DOI: 10.1007/s10862-021-09928-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBalloon Analogue Risk TaskAvoidance behaviorRisk TaskMore avoidance behaviorSubset of youthRisk-taking behaviorMotivational correlatesBehavioral measuresAnxiety symptomsAvoidance taskLate adolescenceDiscriminant validityValidity dataDepressed moodAdolescenceAge 10TaskYouthAvoidanceAnxietyGreater levelsSignificant positive associationClinical implicationsPositive associationLess attention