2024
Computational modeling of social evaluative decision‐making elucidates individual differences in adolescent anxiety
Castagna P, Edgar E, Delpech R, Topel S, Kortink E, van der Molen M, Crowley M. Computational modeling of social evaluative decision‐making elucidates individual differences in adolescent anxiety. Journal Of Research On Adolescence 2024, 34: 1365-1377. PMID: 38961725, DOI: 10.1111/jora.12999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial judgment paradigmElevated levels of social anxietySelf-report measures of anxietyLevels of social anxietySocial judgment taskInformation processing biasesMeasures of anxietyParent-report measuresSelf-report measuresSelf-reported anxietyDecision threshold parameterDecision-making taskSignificant developmental changesProcessing biasesSocial anxietyJudgment paradigmAdolescent anxietyAnxiety symptomsEvaluate decision-makingNeural correlatesJudgment taskCognitive processesSocial cuesTask performanceDrift-diffusion model
2022
Computational Modeling of Self-Referential Processing Reveals Domain General Associations with Adolescent Anxiety Symptoms
Castagna P, Waters A, Crowley M. Computational Modeling of Self-Referential Processing Reveals Domain General Associations with Adolescent Anxiety Symptoms. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2022, 51: 455-468. PMID: 36580171, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-022-01012-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-referential encoding taskSelf-referential processingSocial anxietyAnxiety symptomsNegative self-referential processingAdolescent anxiety symptomsPhysiological anxiety symptomsFacets of anxietySelf-report measuresChoice reaction timeReaction timeEncoding tasksEvidence accumulationTask performanceAdolescent depressionDrift-diffusion modelComputational modeling resultsSocial contextAnxietyAdolescentsLatent processProcessingGeneral associationComputational modelingDepression
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