Focused our analyses on the left frontal cortical region (Figure 1) building on our previous work and examined the P2 and slow wave responses for rejection events (White et al., 2012; Sreekrishnan et al., 2014). Gender was not significantly associated with ERP components, P2 or slow wave across stranger and friend, rs < 0.12 or with age, ostracism distress or psychological distress, rs < .18, ns. Psychological distress, but not ostracism was associated independently with P2 or slow wave for rejection events by friends or strangers (Table 2). Ostracism distress and psychological distress were not significantly correlated, although this correlation approached statistical significance, r (40) ?0.318, P ?0.059. Because ostracism distress was unrelated to neural response for rejection events by AZD0156 manufacturer friend and stranger (P2, slow wave), we did not pursue ostracism distress within dyadic analysis and APIM. Figure 2 shows the EEG whole-head current density spline maps of friend and stranger rejection. The plotted ERP waveforms of friend and stranger rejection are shown in Figure 3. We conducted paired samples t-tests to identify the ERP differences between rejection by strangers vs friends on both P2 and slow wave ERP’s. Results showed significantly larger P2 ERPs for rejection by strangers compared to friends t (79.3) ?2.057, P ?0.043 (means ?3.585 lV vs 1.944 lV; Figure 4A). Similarly for slow wave, results showed significantly higher slow wave ERPs for rejection by strangers compared to friends t (90) ?2.538, P ?0.013 (Means ?0.153 lV vs ?.573 lV; Figure 4B). The intraclass correlations (ICC) for unconditional models of P2 and slow wave revealed coefficients of 0.11 and 0.Fig. 3. Friend and stranger rejection-based ERPs while playing Cyberball.Finally, we tested whether dyadic characteristics affected an individual’s ERP outcomes. We used the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) to assess the relative contribution of each child’s reported distress on his or her own and partner’s ERP outcomes (Cook and Kenny, 2005), as dyadic contributions are likely in close relationships (Campbell and Kashy, 2002). In the APIM model, the `actor’ effect represents the individual’s characteristics on his/her own outcome measure whereas `partner’ effect captures the influence of the characteristics of the partner on the actor’s outcome measure (Cook and Kenny, 2005). The interaction of actor and partner characteristics, or actor by partner `interaction’ effects, captures the idea that the effect of actor or partner characteristics depends on the characteristics of the other. Henceforth, we refer to selfreported effects on one’s own outcomes as actor effects, the| Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2016, Vol. 11, No.ABABFig. 6. (A and B) Plots of self-rated (`Actor’) Psychological distress on the horizonFig. 4. (A) LT-253 site Average P2-wave amplitude (lV), 100?00 ms, of rejection-based ERPs for friend and stranger Participants showed a significantly positive wave for rejection-based ERPs for strangers than friends t (79.3) ?2.057, P ?0.043. (B) Average slow-wave amplitude (lV), 450?00 ms, of rejection-based ERPs for friend and stranger Participants showed a significantly negative slow wave for rejectionbased ERPs for friends than strangers during exclusion t (90) ?2.538, P ?0.013. tal axis plotted against Average slow wave on the vertical axis. Having a friend (`Partner’) with high (?.5 s.d.) vs low (?.5 s.d.) distress for exclusion by friend (6A) and exclusio.Focused our analyses on the left frontal cortical region (Figure 1) building on our previous work and examined the P2 and slow wave responses for rejection events (White et al., 2012; Sreekrishnan et al., 2014). Gender was not significantly associated with ERP components, P2 or slow wave across stranger and friend, rs < 0.12 or with age, ostracism distress or psychological distress, rs < .18, ns. Psychological distress, but not ostracism was associated independently with P2 or slow wave for rejection events by friends or strangers (Table 2). Ostracism distress and psychological distress were not significantly correlated, although this correlation approached statistical significance, r (40) ?0.318, P ?0.059. Because ostracism distress was unrelated to neural response for rejection events by friend and stranger (P2, slow wave), we did not pursue ostracism distress within dyadic analysis and APIM. Figure 2 shows the EEG whole-head current density spline maps of friend and stranger rejection. The plotted ERP waveforms of friend and stranger rejection are shown in Figure 3. We conducted paired samples t-tests to identify the ERP differences between rejection by strangers vs friends on both P2 and slow wave ERP's. Results showed significantly larger P2 ERPs for rejection by strangers compared to friends t (79.3) ?2.057, P ?0.043 (means ?3.585 lV vs 1.944 lV; Figure 4A). Similarly for slow wave, results showed significantly higher slow wave ERPs for rejection by strangers compared to friends t (90) ?2.538, P ?0.013 (Means ?0.153 lV vs ?.573 lV; Figure 4B). The intraclass correlations (ICC) for unconditional models of P2 and slow wave revealed coefficients of 0.11 and 0.Fig. 3. Friend and stranger rejection-based ERPs while playing Cyberball.Finally, we tested whether dyadic characteristics affected an individual's ERP outcomes. We used the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) to assess the relative contribution of each child's reported distress on his or her own and partner's ERP outcomes (Cook and Kenny, 2005), as dyadic contributions are likely in close relationships (Campbell and Kashy, 2002). In the APIM model, the `actor' effect represents the individual's characteristics on his/her own outcome measure whereas `partner' effect captures the influence of the characteristics of the partner on the actor's outcome measure (Cook and Kenny, 2005). The interaction of actor and partner characteristics, or actor by partner `interaction' effects, captures the idea that the effect of actor or partner characteristics depends on the characteristics of the other. Henceforth, we refer to selfreported effects on one's own outcomes as actor effects, the| Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2016, Vol. 11, No.ABABFig. 6. (A and B) Plots of self-rated (`Actor') Psychological distress on the horizonFig. 4. (A) Average P2-wave amplitude (lV), 100?00 ms, of rejection-based ERPs for friend and stranger Participants showed a significantly positive wave for rejection-based ERPs for strangers than friends t (79.3) ?2.057, P ?0.043. (B) Average slow-wave amplitude (lV), 450?00 ms, of rejection-based ERPs for friend and stranger Participants showed a significantly negative slow wave for rejectionbased ERPs for friends than strangers during exclusion t (90) ?2.538, P ?0.013. tal axis plotted against Average slow wave on the vertical axis. Having a friend (`Partner') with high (?.5 s.d.) vs low (?.5 s.d.) distress for exclusion by friend (6A) and exclusio.