Reactivity to Interpersonal Conflict: A Correlate of Non‐Remission in Childhood Depression—Evidence Across Modalities and Time Scales
Deanna M. Barch, Laura Hennefield, Renee J. Thompson, Caroline P. Hoyniak, Rebecca Tillman, Katherine Luking, Margaret M. Redic, Kirsten Gilbert, Meghan Rose Donohue, Diana Whalen, Joan L. Luby · 2026
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Deanna Barch and colleagues follow children with very early depression in 2026 to learn why some stay ill into adolescence while others recover. Depression beginning in preschool often returns, and in adults criticism from family and peers predicts relapse. Their cohort of one hundred sixty-one young people, deliberately rich in preschool-onset cases, was tracked with interviews and weekly surveys. Phone-based sampling ran several times a day, alongside a brain-wave task measuring reactions to social feedback.
Across weekly and daily timescales alike, the young people whose depression had not remitted faced more criticism and conflict from parents and peers. They also reacted more strongly to it than both remitted peers and healthy controls. Neural measures pointed the same way. The authors identify sensitivity to interpersonal conflict as a measurable correlate of a stubborn course, and a candidate target for preventive support.
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| CREATOR | Deanna M. Barch, Laura Hennefield, Renee J. Thompson, Caroline P. Hoyniak, Rebecca Tillman, Katherine Luking, Margaret M. Redic, Kirsten Gilbert, Meghan Rose Donohue, Diana Whalen, Joan L. Luby |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 69 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |