Social cognition and depression in adolescent girls.

Adolescent Borderline Personality Disorder / psychology Cognition Cross-Sectional Studies Depression / psychology Female Humans Social Cognition Theory of Mind / physiology
Adolescence Anxiety Borderline personality traits Depression Socio-moral reasoning Theory of mind

Journal

Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry
ISSN: 1873-7943
Titre abrégé: J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0245075

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 2022
Historique:
received: 21 06 2021
revised: 01 04 2022
accepted: 26 04 2022
entrez: 23 6 2022
pubmed: 24 6 2022
medline: 28 6 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Depression has been associated with alterations in social functioning. Decoding and understanding others' mental states and adaptive reasoning are important for social functioning. This study examined theory of mind (ToM) and socio-moral reasoning (SMR) in adolescent girls with and without depression. Within the depression group, we examined associations between relevant clinical features (depression severity, anxiety symptoms and borderline personality traits) and ToM and SMR. A cross-sectional study was conducted, whereby 43 adolescent girls (mean age = 16.19, SD = 1.24) meeting full or subthreshold criteria for depression and 40 adolescent girls (mean age = 15.44, SD = 1.24) with no psychiatric diagnosis were recruited. ToM was assessed using the Movie for the Assessment of Social Cognition; SMR was evaluated via the Socio-Moral Reasoning Aptitude Level task. Analyses of covariance indicated that adolescents with depression did not differ from controls in ToM abilities but showed lower socio-maturity scores on the SMR task. This difference disappeared after controlling for the number of words used to justify responses. Amongst adolescents with depression, multiple linear regression analyses revealed that higher levels of borderline personality traits were associated with lower levels of mentalization (ToM task), and more severe depressive symptoms were associated with lower socio-moral maturity stages (SMR task) LIMITATIONS: Directional associations were not studied, and the sample included only girls. Findings may help to explain clinical heterogeneity in social cognitive functioning observed in individuals with depression.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Depression has been associated with alterations in social functioning. Decoding and understanding others' mental states and adaptive reasoning are important for social functioning. This study examined theory of mind (ToM) and socio-moral reasoning (SMR) in adolescent girls with and without depression. Within the depression group, we examined associations between relevant clinical features (depression severity, anxiety symptoms and borderline personality traits) and ToM and SMR.
METHODS
A cross-sectional study was conducted, whereby 43 adolescent girls (mean age = 16.19, SD = 1.24) meeting full or subthreshold criteria for depression and 40 adolescent girls (mean age = 15.44, SD = 1.24) with no psychiatric diagnosis were recruited. ToM was assessed using the Movie for the Assessment of Social Cognition; SMR was evaluated via the Socio-Moral Reasoning Aptitude Level task.
RESULTS
Analyses of covariance indicated that adolescents with depression did not differ from controls in ToM abilities but showed lower socio-maturity scores on the SMR task. This difference disappeared after controlling for the number of words used to justify responses. Amongst adolescents with depression, multiple linear regression analyses revealed that higher levels of borderline personality traits were associated with lower levels of mentalization (ToM task), and more severe depressive symptoms were associated with lower socio-moral maturity stages (SMR task) LIMITATIONS: Directional associations were not studied, and the sample included only girls.
CONCLUSIONS
Findings may help to explain clinical heterogeneity in social cognitive functioning observed in individuals with depression.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2022.101750 PMID: 35738696
pubmed: 35738696
pii: S0005-7916(22)00028-3
doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2022.101750
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

101750

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Elyse Porter-Vignola (E)

Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada; Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada.

Linda Booij (L)

Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada; Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Ève Marie Dansereau-Laberge (ÈM)

Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada; Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada.

Patricia Garel (P)

Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada; Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada.

Gabrielle Bossé Chartier (G)

Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Anne G Seni (AG)

Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.

Miriam H Beauchamp (MH)

Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada; Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.

Catherine M Herba (CM)

Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada; Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada; Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada. Electronic address: herba.catherine@uqam.ca.

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Classifications MeSH

questionsmedicales.fr › Personnes › Tranches d'âge › Adolescent › Social cognition and depression in adolescent girls.
questionsmedicales.fr › Troubles mentaux › Troubles de la personnalité › Trouble de la personnalité limite › Social cognition and depression in adolescent girls.
questionsmedicales.fr › Phénomènes psychologiques › Processus mentaux › Cognition › Social cognition and depression in adolescent girls.
questionsmedicales.fr › Environnement et santé publique › Santé publique › Méthodes épidémiologiques › Caractéristiques des études épidémiologiques › Études épidémiologiques › Études transversales › Social cognition and depression in adolescent girls.
questionsmedicales.fr › Comportement et mécanismes comportementaux › Émotions › Dépression › Social cognition and depression in adolescent girls.
questionsmedicales.fr › Eucaryotes › Animaux › Chordés › Vertébrés › Mammifères › Eutheria › Primates › Haplorhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Humains › Social cognition and depression in adolescent girls.
questionsmedicales.fr › Phénomènes psychologiques › Processus mentaux › Perception › Perception sociale › Cognition sociale › Social cognition and depression in adolescent girls.
questionsmedicales.fr › Phénomènes psychologiques › Théorie psychologique › Théorie de l'esprit › Social cognition and depression in adolescent girls.