SynthesisJournal of affective disorders2022
Theory of mind performance in depression: A meta-analysis.
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- Exploring theory of mind abilities in Lebanese chronic patients with schizophrenia: A cross-sectional study.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2025Article
- Social cognition in adolescent depression: Evolution of research content and future perspectives.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Chronic Pain Modulates Empathic Responses in People with Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Mentalizing, Loneliness and Pain-Related Depressive Symptoms Are Associated with Pain Severity in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: Results of a Cross-Sectional Secondary Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Theory of Mind, Attachment and Metacognitive Functions in Depression.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Socio-cognitive processes in mild-moderate depression.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Topical Review: Getting into the head of youth with chronic pain: how theory of mind deficits may relate to the development and maintenance of pediatric pain.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2024Article
- Normalized affective responsiveness following deep brain stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle in depression.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- Comparison of Theory of Mind between Patients with Major Depressive Disorder and Stimulant-Induced Depressive Disorder.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Brain health is essential for smooth economic transitions: towards socio-economic sustainability, productivity and well-being.Brain communications · 2024Article
- Feelings of loneliness and meaning in life in subjects with Asperger's syndrome: a pilot study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Childhood adversity and the cortisol awakening response in depression: A meta-analysis.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2023Article
- Mentalising and depression: a mini-review on behavior, neural substrates, and treatment options.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Providing a taxonomy for social cognition: how to bridge the gap between expert opinion, empirical data, and theoretical models.Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPNArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTheory of mind (ToM) is a social-cognitive skill that involves the ability to understand the thoughts and feelings of others. Evidence is mixed regarding the extent of ToM ability in individuals with depression.
methodsWe conducted a meta-analysis of 43 studies to investigate the strength of the association between ToM and depression.
resultsResults indicated significant, small- to moderate impairment in ToM with a medium overall effect size (g = -0.398) in individuals with depression. Moderator analyses compared effect sizes across groups for the following variables: ToM content, process, and sample type. Additionally, meta-regression analyses tested age and gender as continuous moderators. LIMITATIONS: The cross-sectional nature of included studies limits this meta-analysis from clarifying temporal or bidirectional relations.
conclusionsWe discuss findings in the context of the extant developmental, cognitive, social, and clinical literatures. We also suggest several possible explanations for these findings and offer implications for intervention.
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