Emotion recognition in girls with conduct problems

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Schwenck ◽  
Angelika Gensthaler ◽  
Marcel Romanos ◽  
Christine M. Freitag ◽  
Wolfgang Schneider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Conduct Problems

scholarly journals Emotion Recognition Deficits among Children with Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Behaviors

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 174-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter D. Rehder ◽  
W. Roger Mills-Koonce ◽  
Michael T. Willoughby ◽  
Patricia Garrett-Peters ◽  
Nicholas J. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Callous Unemotional

scholarly journals Emotion Processing in Children with Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits: An Investigation of Speed, Accuracy, and Attention

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 721-733
Author(s):  
Daniela Hartmann ◽  
Christina Schwenck
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Emotion Processing ◽  
Cu Traits ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Unemotional Traits ◽  
Speed Accuracy

Abstract This study aimed to assess whether callous-unemotional traits (CU) are associated with deficits in emotion recognition independent of externalizing behavior and whether such deficits can be explained by aberrant attention. As previous studies have produced inconsistent results, the current study included two different emotion recognition paradigms and assessed the potential influence of factors such as processing speed and attention. The study included N = 94 children (eight to 14 years) with an oversampling of children with conduct problems (CP) and varying levels of CU-traits. Independent of externalizing behavior, CU-traits were associated with slower recognition of angry, sad and fearful facial expressions but not with higher error rates. There was no evidence that the association between CU-traits and emotion processing could be explained by misguided attention. Our results implicate that in children with high levels of CU-traits emotion recognition deficits depend on deficits in processing speed.

scholarly journals Reflexive Gaze Shifts and Fear Recognition Deficits in Children with Callous-Unemotional Traits and Impulsivity/Conduct Problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1342
Author(s):  
Luna C. Muñoz Centifanti ◽  
Timothy R. Stickle ◽  
Jamila Thomas ◽  
Amanda Falcón ◽  
Nicholas D. Thomson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Causal Chain ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Cu Traits ◽  
Fearful Faces ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Pilot Intervention

The ability to efficiently recognize the emotions on others’ faces is something that most of us take for granted. Children with callous-unemotional (CU) traits and impulsivity/conduct problems (ICP), such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, have been previously described as being “fear blind”. This is also associated with looking less at the eye regions of fearful faces, which are highly diagnostic. Previous attempts to intervene into emotion recognition strategies have not had lasting effects on participants’ fear recognition abilities. Here we present both (a) additional evidence that there is a two-part causal chain, from personality traits to face recognition strategies using the eyes, then from strategies to rates of recognizing fear in others; and (b) a pilot intervention that had persistent effects for weeks after the end of instruction. Further, the intervention led to more change in those with the highest CU traits. This both clarifies the specific mechanisms linking personality to emotion recognition and shows that the process is fundamentally malleable. It is possible that such training could promote empathy and reduce the rates of antisocial behavior in specific populations in the future.

scholarly journals Reflexive Gaze Shifts and Fear Recognition Deficits in Children With Callous-unemotional Traits and Impulsivity/Conduct Problems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
*Luna C. Muñoz Centifanti ◽  
*Timothy R. Stickle ◽  
Jamila Thomas ◽  
Amanda Falcón ◽  
Nicholas D. Thomson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Causal Chain ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Cu Traits ◽  
Fearful Faces ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Pilot Intervention

The ability to efficiently recognize the emotions on others’ faces is something that most of us take for granted. Children with callous-unemotional (CU) traits and impulsivity/conduct problems (ICP), such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, have been previously described as being “fear blind”. This is also associated with looking less at the eye regions of fearful faces, which are highly diagnostic. Previous attempts to intervene into emotion recognition strategies have not had lasting effects on participants’ fear recognition abilities. Here we present both (a) additional evidence that there is a two-part causal chain, from personality traits to face recognition strategies using the eyes, then from strategies to rates of recognizing fear in others; and (b) a pilot intervention that had persistent effects for weeks after the end of instruction. Further, the intervention led to more change in those with the highest CU traits. This both clarifies the specific mechanisms linking personality to emotion recognition and shows that the process is fundamentally malleable. It is possible that such training could promote empathy and reduce the rates of antisocial behavior in specific populations in the future.

scholarly journals Conduct Symptoms and Emotion Recognition in Adolescent Boys with Externalization Problems

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikoletta Aspan ◽  
Peter Vida ◽  
Julia Gadoros ◽  
Jozsef Halasz
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Antisocial Personality Disorder ◽  
Facial Affect ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Antisocial Personality ◽  
Adolescent Boys ◽  
Strengths And Difficulties

Background. In adults with antisocial personality disorder, marked alterations in the recognition of facial affect were described. Less consistent data are available on the emotion recognition in adolescents with externalization problems. The aim of the present study was to assess the relation between the recognition of emotions and conduct symptoms in adolescent boys with externalization problems.Methods. Adolescent boys with externalization problems referred to Vadaskert Child Psychiatry Hospital participated in the study after informed consent (N=114, 11–17 years, mean = 13.4). The conduct problems scale of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (parent and self-report) was used. The performance in a facial emotion recognition test was assessed.Results. Conduct problems score (parent and self-report) was inversely correlated with the overall emotion recognition. In the self-report, conduct problems score was inversely correlated with the recognition of anger, fear, and sadness. Adolescents with high conduct problems scores were significantly worse in the recognition of fear, sadness, and overall recognition than adolescents with low conduct scores, irrespective of age and IQ.Conclusions.Our results suggest that impaired emotion recognition is dimensionally related to conduct problems and might have importance in the development of antisocial behavior.

Outcomes, moderators, and mediators of empathic-emotion recognition training for complex conduct problems in childhood

2012 ◽  
Vol 199 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Richard Dadds ◽  
Avril Jessica Cauchi ◽  
Subodha Wimalaweera ◽  
David John Hawes ◽  
John Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Emotion Recognition Training

Beeinträchtigtes Erkennen emotionaler Gesichtsausdrücke durch psychiatrische Patientinnen bei Alexithymie

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Dittrich ◽  
Gregor Domes ◽  
Susi Loebel ◽  
Christoph Berger ◽  
Carsten Spitzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Check List ◽  
Psychosomatische Erkrankungen ◽  
Psychiatrische Patienten ◽  
Symptom Check List ◽  
Tas 20

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Hypothese eines mit Alexithymie assoziierten Defizits beim Erkennen emotionaler Gesichtsaudrücke an einer klinischen Population. Darüber hinaus werden Hypothesen zur Bedeutung spezifischer Emotionsqualitäten sowie zu Gender-Unterschieden getestet. 68 ambulante und stationäre psychiatrische Patienten (44 Frauen und 24 Männer) wurden mit der Toronto-Alexithymie-Skala (TAS-20), der Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Scale (MADRS), der Symptom-Check-List (SCL-90-R) und der Emotional Expression Multimorph Task (EEMT) untersucht. Als Stimuli des Gesichtererkennungsparadigmas dienten Gesichtsausdrücke von Basisemotionen nach Ekman und Friesen, die zu Sequenzen mit sich graduell steigernder Ausdrucksstärke angeordnet waren. Mittels multipler Regressionsanalyse untersuchten wir die Assoziation von TAS-20 Punktzahl und facial emotion recognition (FER). Während sich für die Gesamtstichprobe und den männlichen Stichprobenteil kein signifikanter Zusammenhang zwischen TAS-20-Punktzahl und FER zeigte, sahen wir im weiblichen Stichprobenteil durch die TAS-20 Punktzahl eine signifikante Prädiktion der Gesamtfehlerzahl (β = .38, t = 2.055, p < 0.05) und den Fehlern im Erkennen der Emotionen Wut und Ekel (Wut: β = .40, t = 2.240, p < 0.05, Ekel: β = .41, t = 2.214, p < 0.05). Für wütende Gesichter betrug die Varianzaufklärung durch die TAS-20-Punktzahl 13.3 %, für angeekelte Gesichter 19.7 %. Kein Zusammenhang bestand zwischen der Zeit, nach der die Probanden die emotionalen Sequenzen stoppten, um ihre Bewertung abzugeben (Antwortlatenz) und Alexithymie. Die Ergebnisse der Arbeit unterstützen das Vorliegen eines mit Alexithymie assoziierten Defizits im Erkennen emotionaler Gesichtsausdrücke bei weiblchen Probanden in einer heterogenen, klinischen Stichprobe. Dieses Defizit könnte die Schwierigkeiten Hochalexithymer im Bereich sozialer Interaktionen zumindest teilweise begründen und so eine Prädisposition für psychische sowie psychosomatische Erkrankungen erklären.

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