B05: Predictors and (neuro-)biological correlates of (cyber-)bullying and victimization in real-life contexts

Focus on the investigation of a lack of cognitive control in bullies and victims that contributes to the risk of developing mental health problems. Therefore, the project will assess bullies and their victims in real-life and digital social interactions to investigate how aberrant cognitive and affective prefrontal control and sensitivity to peer rejection with accompanied alterations in autonomic arousal may increase externalizing and internalizing behavior. To this end, a unique combination of ambulatory assessments of (cyber-)bullying, functional neuroimaging (emotion regulation, inhibition, social exclusion), physiological assessments (heart rate variability) and clinical trait-related questionnaires will be applied. Decoding dynamic