Identifying Features of Resilience to Childhood Maltreatment in Resting-State Connectivity Data From Adults With and Without a History of Mood Disorder

Background: Childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with negative mental health outcomes. Many studies conceptualize resilience as experiencing CM without developing psychopathology (primary resilience). However, some people may develop subsequent psychopathology but recover and demonstrate higher...

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Main Authors: Mindy Westlund Schreiner, Leah R. Thomas, Ha D.H. Le, Myah Pazdera, Daniel A. Feldman, Brian Farstead, Katie L. Bessette, Robert C. Welsh, Sheila E. Crowell, Erin A. Kaufman, Heide Klumpp, Scott A. Langenecker
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author Mindy Westlund Schreiner
Leah R. Thomas
Ha D.H. Le
Myah Pazdera
Daniel A. Feldman
Brian Farstead
Katie L. Bessette
Robert C. Welsh
Sheila E. Crowell
Erin A. Kaufman
Heide Klumpp
Scott A. Langenecker
author_facet Mindy Westlund Schreiner
Leah R. Thomas
Ha D.H. Le
Myah Pazdera
Daniel A. Feldman
Brian Farstead
Katie L. Bessette
Robert C. Welsh
Sheila E. Crowell
Erin A. Kaufman
Heide Klumpp
Scott A. Langenecker
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description Background: Childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with negative mental health outcomes. Many studies conceptualize resilience as experiencing CM without developing psychopathology (primary resilience). However, some people may develop subsequent psychopathology but recover and demonstrate higher global functioning (secondary resilience). This study investigated the role of salience and emotion network (SEN) (including the amygdala, subgenual anterior cingulate cortex, and anterior insula) and cognitive control network (CCN) (including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, inferior parietal lobule, and thalamus) connectivity in primary and secondary resilience. Methods: We examined resting-state functional connectivity in 108 nonclinical control participants and 154 individuals with any mood disorder (AMD). We measured functioning and CM using the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), respectively. For primary resilience, we conducted whole-brain analyses of SEN and CCN regions to test for group × CTQ interactions. For secondary resilience, within-AMD group analyses tested for CTQ × GAF interactions. Results: Group × CTQ interactions revealed that control participants with higher levels of CM showed greater within-SEN and within-CCN connectivity than participants in the AMD group. In the AMD group, participants with higher levels of CM and functioning (secondary resilience) showed greater within-CCN connectivity while participants with higher levels of CM and lower functioning showed greater within-SEN connectivity. Conclusions: Greater SEN connectivity appears to play a key role in primary resilience, as observed in the control group, but only within the context of greater CCN connectivity. Future work should explore which cognitive control features are most beneficial and whether targeted interventions help foster resilience to recurrent psychopathology.
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spelling doaj-art-10f59068486e4a259f77b7e384dff65a2025-08-20T02:08:34ZengElsevierBiological Psychiatry Global Open Science2667-17432025-05-015310047910.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100479Identifying Features of Resilience to Childhood Maltreatment in Resting-State Connectivity Data From Adults With and Without a History of Mood DisorderMindy Westlund Schreiner0Leah R. Thomas1Ha D.H. Le2Myah Pazdera3Daniel A. Feldman4Brian Farstead5Katie L. Bessette6Robert C. Welsh7Sheila E. Crowell8Erin A. Kaufman9Heide Klumpp10Scott A. Langenecker11Department of Behavioral Health, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Address correspondence to Mindy Westlund Schreiner, Ph.D.Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Department of Psychology and Child Development, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CaliforniaDepartment of Psychiatry, Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UtahDepartment of Psychiatry, Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UtahDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, HattiesburgDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CaliforniaDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CaliforniaDepartment of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OregonDepartment of Psychiatry, Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UtahDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IllinoisDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OhioBackground: Childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with negative mental health outcomes. Many studies conceptualize resilience as experiencing CM without developing psychopathology (primary resilience). However, some people may develop subsequent psychopathology but recover and demonstrate higher global functioning (secondary resilience). This study investigated the role of salience and emotion network (SEN) (including the amygdala, subgenual anterior cingulate cortex, and anterior insula) and cognitive control network (CCN) (including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, inferior parietal lobule, and thalamus) connectivity in primary and secondary resilience. Methods: We examined resting-state functional connectivity in 108 nonclinical control participants and 154 individuals with any mood disorder (AMD). We measured functioning and CM using the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), respectively. For primary resilience, we conducted whole-brain analyses of SEN and CCN regions to test for group × CTQ interactions. For secondary resilience, within-AMD group analyses tested for CTQ × GAF interactions. Results: Group × CTQ interactions revealed that control participants with higher levels of CM showed greater within-SEN and within-CCN connectivity than participants in the AMD group. In the AMD group, participants with higher levels of CM and functioning (secondary resilience) showed greater within-CCN connectivity while participants with higher levels of CM and lower functioning showed greater within-SEN connectivity. Conclusions: Greater SEN connectivity appears to play a key role in primary resilience, as observed in the control group, but only within the context of greater CCN connectivity. Future work should explore which cognitive control features are most beneficial and whether targeted interventions help foster resilience to recurrent psychopathology.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667174325000333Child maltreatmentCognitive control networkMood disordersResilienceResting-state functional connectivitySalience and emotion network
spellingShingle Mindy Westlund Schreiner
Leah R. Thomas
Ha D.H. Le
Myah Pazdera
Daniel A. Feldman
Brian Farstead
Katie L. Bessette
Robert C. Welsh
Sheila E. Crowell
Erin A. Kaufman
Heide Klumpp
Scott A. Langenecker
Identifying Features of Resilience to Childhood Maltreatment in Resting-State Connectivity Data From Adults With and Without a History of Mood Disorder
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
Child maltreatment
Cognitive control network
Mood disorders
Resilience
Resting-state functional connectivity
Salience and emotion network
title Identifying Features of Resilience to Childhood Maltreatment in Resting-State Connectivity Data From Adults With and Without a History of Mood Disorder
title_full Identifying Features of Resilience to Childhood Maltreatment in Resting-State Connectivity Data From Adults With and Without a History of Mood Disorder
title_fullStr Identifying Features of Resilience to Childhood Maltreatment in Resting-State Connectivity Data From Adults With and Without a History of Mood Disorder
title_full_unstemmed Identifying Features of Resilience to Childhood Maltreatment in Resting-State Connectivity Data From Adults With and Without a History of Mood Disorder
title_short Identifying Features of Resilience to Childhood Maltreatment in Resting-State Connectivity Data From Adults With and Without a History of Mood Disorder
title_sort identifying features of resilience to childhood maltreatment in resting state connectivity data from adults with and without a history of mood disorder
topic Child maltreatment
Cognitive control network
Mood disorders
Resilience
Resting-state functional connectivity
Salience and emotion network
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667174325000333
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