from Section VI - Social Emotions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2025
Adolescence is marked by both normative changes in neural systems associated with emotion and increased sensitivity to social influences, especially from peers. Whereas the influences of caregiver emotion socialization practices on the emotional development of youths are well-studied, less is understood about how socialization through peer contexts impacts adolescents’ emotions. In this chapter, we first describe the neurobiological shifts that influence emotional processing during this developmental stage. We then review a growing literature linking caregiver and peer socialization to the development of emotion and related neurocircuitry. To emphasize the role of individual differences in emotional development, we situate these literatures within the differential susceptibility framework, which recognizes that adolescents’ neural sensitivity to social information may alter the degree to which caregiver and peer influences modulate emotional behaviors, skills, and experiences. We conclude by describing several perspectives for this emerging area of research, bridging developmental, social, and affective neuroscience.
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