Effects of Trauma on Comorbidity and Emotion Recognition in Antisocial Adolescents
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2018-06-24
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Previous research has shown that comorbidity and maltreatment history are related to
emotion recognition in adolescents with externalizing problems. Nonetheless, the combined
influence of these factors has rarely been investigated. Therefore, the present study examined
the effect of trauma on the association between comorbid internalizing problems and emotion
recognition in 61 adolescents, living in residential youth care facilities. The results showed
that there was no difference in overall emotion recognition accuracy or latency between
adolescents with externalizing disorders and a history of trauma, compared to those without a
history of trauma. Furthermore, there was no interaction effect of trauma and comorbid
internalizing disorders on overall emotion recognition accuracy or latency. However, when
emotions were examined separately, it was found that adolescents with externalizing and
internalizing disorders were significantly faster in recognizing anger than those with
externalizing disorders only. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen