Increases in loneliness during medical school are associated with increases in individuals' likelihood of mislabeling emotions as negative.

ABSTRACT: Expressions of emotion represent an important and unique source of information about the states of others. Being able to effectively understand expressions of emotions to make inferences about others' internal mental states and use these inferences to guide decision-making and behavior is critical to navigating social relationships. Loneliness, the perception that one lacks social connection, has important functional consequences for how individuals attend to signals of emotions in others. However, it is less clear whether loneliness changes how individuals recognize emotions in others. In medical practitioners, being able to accurately recognize emotional cues from patients is critical to effectively diagnosing and reacting with care to those patients. The current study examines the relat

SUBMITTER: Smith KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8054213 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature