Deficits in emotion recognition are associated with depressive symptoms in youth with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although severe irritability is a predictor of future depression according to recent meta-analytic evidence, other mechanisms for this developmental transition remain unclear. In this study, we test whether deficits in emotion recognition may partially explain this specific association in youth with severe irritability, defined as disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD).

Methods

Participants aged 8-20 years (M = 13.3, SD = 2.8) included youth with DMDD, split by low depressive (DMDD/LD; n = 52) and high depressive (DMDD/HD; n = 25) symptoms, and healthy controls (HC; n = 39). A standardized computer task assessed emotion recognition of faces and voices of adults and children expressing happiness, fear, sadness, and anger. A Group (3) × Emotion (4) × Actor (2

SUBMITTER: Vidal-Ribas P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9719110 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature