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Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2017 Feb;22(1):42-48. doi: 10.1111/camh.12198. Epub 2016 Nov 07.

Affect recognition among adolescents in therapeutic schools: relationships with posttraumatic stress disorder and conduct disorder symptoms.

Child and adolescent mental health

Shabnam Javdani, Naomi Sadeh, Geri R Donenberg, Erin Emerson, Christopher Houck, Larry K Brown

Affiliations

  1. New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. New York, NY, USA.
  2. University of Delaware, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Newark, DE.
  3. University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health; Department of Medicine. Chicago, IL.
  4. Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Providence, RI, USA.

PMID: 28503096 PMCID: PMC5424813 DOI: 10.1111/camh.12198

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and conduct disorder (CD) symptoms often co-occur in adolescence, but little is known about whether they show common or distinct emotional processing deficits.

METHOD: We examined the effects of PTSD and CD symptoms on facial affect processing in youth with emotional and behavior problems. Teens enrolled in therapeutic day schools (N = 371; ages 13-19) completed a structured diagnostic assessment and the Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy-2 facial affect recognition task.

RESULTS: PTSD symptoms were associated with deficits in the recognition of angry facial expressions, specifically the false identification of angry faces as fearful. CD symptoms were associated with greater difficulty correctly identifying sadness.

CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest specificity in the relationships of PTSD and CD symptoms with emotional processing.

Keywords: CD; DANVA; Facial affect recognition; PTSD; teens

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