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, 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
2015
Children’s obsessive compulsive symptoms and fear-potentiated startle responses
Borelli J, Ruiz S, Crowley M, Mayes L, De los Reyes A, Lewin A. Children’s obsessive compulsive symptoms and fear-potentiated startle responses. Journal Of Obsessive-Compulsive And Related Disorders 2015, 6: 101-107. DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2015.06.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObsessive-compulsive symptomsOC symptomsObsessive-compulsive disorderStartle responseCompulsive symptomsNon-clinical community sampleFear-potentiated startle responseEmotion regulation processesStartle magnitudeEmotion regulation difficultiesPhysiological fear responsesHigher OC symptomsGreater subjective distressSchool-aged childrenRegulation difficultiesContext insensitivityInnocuous situationsHighest startle magnitudesFear responsesSubjective distressCommunity sampleCompulsive disorderLevel of threatRegulation processesYouth