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Emotional processing of infants displays in eating disorders.
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- The Role of Emotion Regulation in Eating Disorders: A Network Meta-Analysis Approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Borderline personality disorder and eating disorders are characterized by specific patterns of autistic traits, post-traumatic and catatonic symptoms.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Evoked emotions in anorexia nervosa: neural and behavioural correlates of social-emotional processing.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
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- FMRI Study of Neural Responses to Implicit Infant Emotion in Anorexia Nervosa.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- A questionnaire survey regarding the support needed byBioPsychoSocial medicine · 2016Article
- A Questionnaire Survey of the Type of Support Required by Yogo Teachers to Effectively Manage Students Suspected of Having an Eating Disorder.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
aimThe aim of this study is to examine emotional processing of infant displays in people with Eating Disorders (EDs).
backgroundSocial and emotional factors are implicated as causal and maintaining factors in EDs. Difficulties in emotional regulation have been mainly studied in relation to adult interactions, with less interest given to interactions with infants.
methodA sample of 138 women were recruited, of which 49 suffered from Anorexia Nervosa (AN), 16 from Bulimia Nervosa (BN), and 73 were healthy controls (HCs). Attentional responses to happy and sad infant faces were tested with the visual probe detection task. Emotional identification of, and reactivity to, infant displays were measured using self-report measures. Facial expressions to video clips depicting sad, happy and frustrated infants were also recorded.
resultsNo significant differences between groups were observed in the attentional response to infant photographs. However, there was a trend for patients to disengage from happy faces. People with EDs also reported lower positive ratings of happy infant displays and greater subjective negative reactions to sad infants. Finally, patients showed a significantly lower production of facial expressions, especially in response to the happy infant video clip. Insecure attachment was negatively correlated with positive facial expressions displayed in response to the happy infant and positively correlated with the intensity of negative emotions experienced in response to the sad infant video clip.
conclusionPeople with EDs do not have marked abnormalities in their attentional processing of infant emotional faces. However, they do have a reduction in facial affect particularly in response to happy infants. Also, they report greater negative reactions to sadness, and rate positive emotions less intensively than HCs. This pattern of emotional responsivity suggests abnormalities in social reward sensitivity and might indicate new treatment targets.
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