462 Parental involvement is related to parental resilience and offspring neural reward prediction error signaling

Abstract

Objectives/Goals: Our goal was to investigate the associations between parental resilience and parenting behaviors, and their relationship to their offspring’s reward neurocircuitry function; in particular, the reward prediction error (RPE) circuit, a transdiagnostic marker of psychopathology. Methods/Study Population: N = 26 parent–child dyads (children ages 10–14) were recruited. Parents reported on parenting behaviors using the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ), and resilience using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Children performed the Novelty task, a reward learning task, during fMRI scanning. Trial-by-trial RPEs were calculated based on a reinforcement learning model. Brain regions of interest (ROIs) including the nucleus accumbens, anterior putamen, and ventromedial prefrontal cortex were created (regions implicated in RPE representation). Results/Anticipated Results: The APQ parental involvement subscale was associated with increased negative affect tolerance (r = 0.40, p Discussion/Significance of Impact: Findings suggest that parental factors may impact neurocircuitries underlying psychopathology in offspring, and consequently, risk for offspring psychopathology. Interventions designed to increase parental resiliency may reduce risk for psychopathology in offspring, perhaps by increasing parental involvement and neural RPE sensitivity.