Facial emotion recognition in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
| Autor: | Varheenmaa M; Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland., Lehto SM; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.; R&D department, Division of Mental Health Services, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.; Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland., Rizzo P; Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich University, Switzerland., Steinhausen HC; Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich University, Switzerland.; Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland.; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark., Drechsler R; Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich University, Switzerland., Brem AK; Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.; University Hospital of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Nordic journal of psychiatry [Nord J Psychiatry] 2024 Oct; Vol. 78 (7), pp. 634-643. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 18. |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08039488.2024.2403589 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is defined as a persistent pattern of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning anofd development. Increased emotional reactivity and impaired emotion regulation are established findings in children with ADHD. Impairments in executive functions such as impulse control and working memory, in turn, have also been suggested to have a negative effect on emotion recognition. However, studies exploring suspected deficits in the ability to recognise facial emotions in ADHD have to date yielded controversial results. We sought to clarify the mechanism of possible emotion recognition dysfunction in children with ADHD. Methods: Sixty-one children diagnosed with ADHD (aged 10.36 ± 1.89 years) and a control group ( N = 78; aged 9.6 ± 1.8 years) were evaluated with questionnaires and computerized tests for cognitive and facial emotion recognition capacity. Results: The ADHD group displayed more behavioural issues and performed worse in cognitive tests compared to the control group. Group status (i.e. ADHD vs. control group) did not predict facial emotion recognition when controlled for age, IQ and sex in linear regression models. Performance in Divided Attention predicted facial emotion recognition in linear regression in the ADHD group. Conclusions: Individuals with ADHD showed facial emotion recognition capacity similar to a typically developing control group. Good performance in a cognitive test assessing divided attention predicted capacity for facial emotion recognition, but only in the ADHD group. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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