PMID- 33202352 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210222 LR - 20210222 IS - 1878-9307 (Electronic) IS - 1878-9293 (Print) IS - 1878-9293 (Linking) VI - 46 DP - 2020 Dec TI - Longitudinal associations between structural prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens development and daily identity formation processes across adolescence. PG - 100880 LID - S1878-9293(20)30130-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100880 [doi] LID - 100880 AB - We tested whether adolescents with daily high identity uncertainty showed differential structural brain development across adolescence and young adulthood. Participants (N = 150, M(ageT1) 15.92 years) were followed across three waves, covering 4 years. Self-reported daily educational identity and structural brain data of lateral prefrontal cortex (lPFC)/anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), medial PFC, and nucleus accumbens (NAcc) was collected across three waves. All hypotheses were pre-registered. Latent class growth analyses confirmed 2 identity subgroups: an identity synthesis class (characterized by strong commitments, and low uncertainty), and an identity moratorium class (high daily identity uncertainty). Latent growth curve models revealed, on average, delayed maturation of the lateral PFC/ACC and medial PFC and stable NAcc. Yet, adolescents in identity moratorium showed lower levels and less decline in NAcc gray matter volume. Lateral PFC/ACC and medial PFC trajectories did not differ between identity subgroups. Exploratory analyses revealed that adolescents with higher baseline levels and delayed maturation of lateral PFC/ACC and medial PFC gray matter volume, surface area, and cortical thickness reported higher baseline levels and stronger increases of in-depth exploration. These results provide insight into how individual differences in brain development relate to fluctuations in educational identity development across adolescence and young adulthood. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. FAU - Becht, Andrik I AU - Becht AI AD - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Research Center Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Brain and Development Research Center, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Electronic address: becht@essb.eur.nl. FAU - Klapwijk, Eduard T AU - Klapwijk ET AD - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Brain and Development Research Center, Leiden University, The Netherlands. FAU - Wierenga, Lara M AU - Wierenga LM AD - Brain and Development Research Center, Leiden University, The Netherlands. FAU - van der Cruijsen, Renske AU - van der Cruijsen R AD - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. FAU - Spaans, Jochem AU - Spaans J AD - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. FAU - van der Aar, Laura AU - van der Aar L AD - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. FAU - Peters, Sabine AU - Peters S AD - Brain and Development Research Center, Leiden University, The Netherlands. FAU - Branje, Susan AU - Branje S AD - Research Center Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. FAU - Meeus, Wim AU - Meeus W AD - Research Center Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. FAU - Crone, Eveline A AU - Crone EA AD - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Brain and Development Research Center, Leiden University, The Netherlands. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20201111 PL - Netherlands TA - Dev Cogn Neurosci JT - Developmental cognitive neuroscience JID - 101541838 SB - IM EIN - Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2020 Dec 21;:100890. PMID: 33358137 MH - Adolescent MH - Brain/*growth & development MH - Cerebral Cortex/*growth & development MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Individuality MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - Male MH - Nucleus Accumbens/*growth & development MH - Prefrontal Cortex/*growth & development PMC - PMC7677671 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adolescent identity formation OT - Lateral PFC/ACC OT - Longitudinal OT - Medial PFC OT - Nucleus accumbens OT - Structural brain development EDAT- 2020/11/18 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/23 06:00 PMCR- 2020/11/11 CRDT- 2020/11/17 20:08 PHST- 2020/05/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/11/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/11/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/17 20:08 [entrez] PHST- 2020/11/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1878-9293(20)30130-4 [pii] AID - 100880 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100880 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2020 Dec;46:100880. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100880. Epub 2020 Nov 11.