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ArticleJournal of pediatric psychology2021

Face Processing and Social Functioning in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors.

Matthew C Hocking, May Albee, Cole Brodsky, Emily Shabason, Leah Wang, Robert T Schultz, John Herrington

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Article in Journal of pediatric psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew C HockingChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-1368-0856
May AlbeeChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Cole BrodskyChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Emily ShabasonChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Leah WangChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania.
Robert T SchultzChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania.
John HerringtonChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · US

Funding

The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) at CHOP/PennP50HD105354 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI ERIC D MARSH, ROBERT Thomas SCHULTZ · 2021 to 2026
$9.2M
The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at CHOP/PennU54HD086984 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI SCHULTZ, ROBERT THOMAS · 2016 to 2020
$6.3M
A Prospective Study of Social Competence in Pediatric Brain Tumor SurvivorsK07CA178100 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI HOCKING, MATTHEW C. · 2013 to 2017
$639k
NCI NIH HHS K07 CA178100NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD105354NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD086984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePediatric brain tumor survivors (PBTS) experience deficits in social functioning. Facial expression and identity recognition are key components of social information processing and are widely studied as an index of social difficulties in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental conditions. This study evaluated facial expression and identity recognition among PBTS, youth with ASD, and typically developing (TD) youth, and the associations between these face processing skills and social impairments.

methodsPBTS (N = 54; ages 7-16) who completed treatment at least 2 years prior were matched with TD (N = 43) youth and youth with ASD (N = 55) based on sex and IQ. Parents completed a measure of social impairments and youth completed a measure of facial expression and identity recognition.

resultsGroups significantly differed on social impairments (p < .001), with youth with ASD scoring highest followed by PBTS and lastly TD youth. Youth with ASD performed significantly worse on the two measures of facial processing, while TD youth and PBTS were not statistically different. The association of facial expression recognition and social impairments was moderated by group, such that PBTS with higher levels of social impairment performed worse on the expression task compared to TD and ASD groups (p < .01, η2 = 0.07).

conclusionsVariability in face processing may be uniquely important to the social challenges of PBTS compared to other neurodevelopmental populations. Future directions include prospectively examining associations between facial expression recognition and social difficulties in PBTS and face processing training as an intervention for PBTS.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderBrain NeoplasmsFacial RecognitionAdolescentChildHumansSocial InteractionSurvivorsbrain tumorface processingpediatric cancersocial cognitionsocial competence

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PMID34313751
PMCPMC8521222
OpenAlexW3185935032

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