Seeing things differently: An experimental investigation of social cognition and interpersonal behavior in anorexia nervosa

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 499-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suman Ambwani ◽  
Kathy R. Berenson ◽  
Lea Simms ◽  
Amanda Li ◽  
Freya Corfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Interpersonal Behavior

scholarly journals Social cognition in anorexia nervosa: Specific difficulties in decoding emotional but not nonemotional mental states

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 883-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timo Brockmeyer ◽  
Judith Pellegrino ◽  
Hannah Münch ◽  
Wolfgang Herzog ◽  
Isabell Dziobek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Mental States

scholarly journals Impaired social cognition processes in Asperger Syndrome and Anorexia Nervosa. In search for endophenotypes of social cognition.

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 533-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Kasperek-Zimowska ◽  
Janusz Zimowski ◽  
Katarzyna Biernacka ◽  
Katarzyna Kucharska-Pietura ◽  
Filip Rybakowski
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Asperger Syndrome

scholarly journals Social Cognition and Interpersonal Problems in Persistent Depressive Disorder vs. Episodic Depression: The Role of Childhood Maltreatment

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nele Struck ◽  
Thomas Gärtner ◽  
Tilo Kircher ◽  
Eva-Lotta Brakemeier
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Interpersonal Problems ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Interpersonal Behavior ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
A Current ◽  
Persistent Depressive Disorder

Objective: Little is known about the specific psychological features that differentiate persistent depressive disorder (PDD) and episodic depression (ED). Thus, the present study aimed to investigate differences in social cognition and interpersonal problems between these two forms of depression and healthy controls. In addition, we aimed to examine childhood maltreatment (CM) as a possible origin of these alterations.Methods: In a cross-sectional study, adult patients with a current PDD (n = 34) or in a current episode of ED (n = 38), and healthy controls (n = 39) completed questionnaires about depression severity, empathy, interpersonal problems, and CM, as well as tests of affective theory of mind and facial emotion recognition.Results: Patients with PDD reported higher empathic distress than patients with ED and healthy controls. Both depressive groups recognized angry faces with higher accuracy and reported more interpersonal problems, with no differences between PDD and ED. Empathic distress and interpersonal problems mediated the link between CM and depression in the combined sample.Limitations: Patient groups were not drug-naïve and antidepressant intake might have influenced social-cognitive functions. Self-report measures of empathy and interpersonal problems are vulnerable to bias. The cross-sectional design does not allow causal conclusions.Conclusion: Depressed patients may not show deficits in decoding the affective states of others and in feeling with others. However, depressed individuals—in particular patients with PDD—may feel easily overwhelmed by emotionally tense situations, resulting in empathic distress and avoidant/submissive interpersonal behavior. Exposure to CM might be an origin of alterations in social cognition and interpersonal problems.

scholarly journals Social Cognition and Executive Function Impairment in Young Women with Anorexia Nervosa

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Adrián Zegarra-Valdivia ◽  
Brenda Nadia Chino-Vilca
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Executive Function ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Function Impairment ◽  
Executive Function Impairment

Culture-Constrained Affective Consistency of Interpersonal Behavior

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Schröder ◽  
Janine Netzel ◽  
Carsten C. Schermuly ◽  
Wolfgang Scholl
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Interpersonal Behavior ◽  
Affect Control Theory ◽  
The Core ◽  
Affect Control ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
Problem Solving Task

We examined the core hypothesis of affect control theory (ACT; Heise, 2007 ), namely, that human social interaction is guided by culture-constrained affective consistency. Our study is the first empirical test of this principle applied to nonverbal behavior. A group of 120 subjects in 60 dyads were videotaped during a problem-solving task. Their interactions were subdivided into discrete meaningful events and assigned ratings of the friendliness, dominance, and activity displayed by the interactants. We used a computational model based on ACT to predict frequencies of, and likely sequences between, specific patterns of interpersonal affect. The model predicted the data well. We argue that assuming a principle of consistency is valuable for understanding not only individual social cognition, but also the interdependencies between individuals, social settings, and culture.

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