Social cognition, psychosocial development and well-being in galactosemia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Classic galactosemia is a rare inherited metabolic disease with long-term complications, particularly in the psychosocial domain. Patients report a lower quality of social life, difficulties in interactions and social relationships, and a lower mental health. We hypothesised that social cognition deficits could partially explain this psychological symptomatology. Eleven adults with galactosemia and 31 control adults participated in the study. We measured social cognition skills in cognitive and affective theory of Mind, and in basic and complex emotion recognition. We explored psychosocial development and mental well-being.

Results

We found significant deficits on all 4 social cognition measures. Compared to controls, participants with galactosemia were impaired i

SUBMITTER: Bry C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11378408 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature