Emotion processing in maltreated boys and girls: Evidence for latent vulnerability

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Beitragende

  • Bianca Diaconu - , University of Birmingham (Autor:in)
  • Gregor Kohls - , Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie (Autor:in)
  • Jack C Rogers - , University of Birmingham (Autor:in)
  • Ruth Pauli - , University of Birmingham (Autor:in)
  • Harriet Cornwell - , University of Bath (Autor:in)
  • Anka Bernhard - , Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt (Autor:in)
  • Anne Martinelli - , Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt (Autor:in)
  • Katharina Ackermann - , Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt (Autor:in)
  • Nikola Fann - , Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt (Autor:in)
  • Aranzazu Fernandez-Rivas - , Hospital de Basurto (Autor:in)
  • Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Torres - , Hospital de Basurto (Autor:in)
  • Maider Gonzalez de Artaza-Lavesa - , Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (Autor:in)
  • Amaia Hervas - , Hospital Universitari Mútua De Terrassa (Autor:in)
  • Christina Stadler - , Universität Basel (Autor:in)
  • Kerstin Konrad - , Universitätsklinikum Aachen (Autor:in)
  • Christine M Freitag - , Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt (Autor:in)
  • Graeme Fairchild - , University of Bath (Autor:in)
  • Pia Rotshtein - , University of Haifa (Autor:in)
  • Stephane A De Brito - , University of Birmingham (Autor:in)

Abstract

Evidence of alterations in emotion processing in maltreated youth has been hypothesized to reflect latent vulnerability for psychopathology. However, previous studies have not systematically examined the influence of psychopathology on the results. Here, we examined emotion recognition and learning in youth who differed in terms of presence vs. absence of maltreatment and psychopathology and tested for potential sex effects. Maltreatment and psychopathology were assessed in 828 youth (514 females) aged 9-18 years using diagnostic interviews and self- and parent-report questionnaires. Emotion recognition was assessed via identification of morphed facial expressions of six universal emotions. For emotion learning, reward and punishment values were assigned to novel stimuli and participants had to learn to correctly respond/withhold response to stimuli to maximize points. A three-way interaction of maltreatment by psychopathology by emotion indicated that when psychopathology was low, maltreated youth were less accurate than non-maltreated youth for happy, fear and disgust. A three-way interaction of sex, maltreatment and emotion indicated that maltreated girls and boys were impaired for fear, but girls showed an impairment for happy, while boys for disgust. There were no effects of maltreatment, psychopathology, or sex on reward learning. However, a two-way interaction between sex and maltreatment showed that maltreated girls were worse at learning from punishment relative to non-maltreated girls, while maltreated boys were better than non-maltreated boys. The study provides the first clear evidence of latent-vulnerability in emotion recognition in maltreated youth and suggests that girls and boys might be characterized by distinct profiles of emotion recognition and learning following maltreatment.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)2523-2536
Seitenumfang14
FachzeitschriftEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry
Jahrgang32
Ausgabenummer12
Frühes Online-Datum4 Feb. 2023
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Dez. 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 85147508376
Mendeley bd5f372a-6990-3c07-a5ac-0908eb2e33eb
ORCID /0000-0003-2408-2939/work/172086066

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Emotion processing, FemNAT-CD, Maltreatment, Psychopathology, Sex differences, Humans, Facial Expression, Male, Emotions, Fear, Adolescent, Child Abuse/psychology, Female, Child

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