在临床和亚临床抑郁症中抑制情绪表情
Nathan Ridout1, Barbara Dritschel2, Hannah Wardall1
1School of Psychology, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK.
Journal of psychiatric research
|January 16, 2025
概括
患有严重抑郁症 (MDD) 和性障碍症的人很难抑制悲伤的面孔,与健康的人不同. 这种受损的情绪抑制可能是抑郁症的风险因素和干预目标.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 情绪刺激的抑制受损是抑郁症的一个关键认知特征.
- 了解这种认知缺陷对于抑郁症的研究和治疗至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查患有严重抑郁症 (MDD) 和亚临床抑郁症 (失恋症) 的个体是否表现出悲伤面孔的抑制受损.
- 通过面对面的Stroop任务来检查情绪抑制.
主要方法:
- 研究1:比较MDD患者 (n=28) 和健康对照 (n=32) 使用面部单词Stroop任务,在快乐,悲伤和中性面部上使用正面/负面单词.
- 第二项研究:比较患有抑郁症 (n=23) 和没有抑郁症 (n=35) 的参与者,他们使用了一个带有快乐和悲伤面孔 (直立/倒置) 的修改任务.
- 参与者将单词分类,而忽略了面孔.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,MDD患者对悲伤的面孔的干扰更大.
- 健康对照群受到快乐面孔的影响比悲伤面孔更大;MDD患者没有显示差异.
- 患有抑郁症的参与者比非患有抑郁症的参与者更容易受到悲伤的面孔的干扰,与快乐的面孔相比.
- 没有抑郁症的参与者在快乐和悲伤的面孔之间的干扰上没有差异.
结论:
- 临床和亚临床抑郁症都与抑制悲伤面部刺激的困难有关.
- 悲伤的面孔受损的抑制可能成为发展抑郁症的潜在危险因素.
- 这种认知缺陷是未来抑郁症干预措施的有希望的目标.
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