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Responses to conflict and cooperation in adolescents with anxiety and mood disorders.
- Source :
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Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology . Aug2007, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p567-577. 11p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- This study examined patterns of behavioral and emotional responses to conflict and cooperation in adolescents with anxiety/mood disorders and healthy peers. We compared performance on and emotional responses to the Prisoner's Dilemma (PD) game, an economic exchange task involving conflict and cooperation, between adolescents with anxiety/depressive disorders (A/D) (N=21) and healthy comparisons (n = 29). Participants were deceived to believe their co-player (a pre-programmed computer algorithm) was another study participant. A/D adolescents differed significantly from comparisons in patterns of play and emotional response to the game. Specifically, A/D participants responded more cooperatively to cooperative overtures from their co-players; A/D girls also reported more anger toward co-players than did comparison girls. Our findings indicate that A/D adolescents, particularly females, respond distinctively to stressful social interchanges. These findings offer a first step toward elucidating the mechanisms underlying social impairment in youth with internalizing disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TEENAGERS with intellectual disabilities
*AFFECTIVE disorders
*ANXIETY disorders
*COOPERATIVENESS
*CONDITIONED response
*SOCIAL interaction
*CONFLICT (Psychology)
*EMOTIONAL conditioning
*ADOLESCENT psychology
*PATHOLOGICAL psychology
*PSYCHOLOGY
*DIAGNOSIS of mental depression
*MENTAL depression
*ANGER
*INTERPERSONAL relations
*LOCUS of control
*MATHEMATICS
*MOTIVATION (Psychology)
*PERSONALITY assessment
*REACTION time
*RESEARCH funding
*SOCIAL skills
*DIAGNOSIS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00910627
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25946381
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-007-9113-8