Department of Psychology, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711, USA.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2011;40(2):220-32. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2011.546047.
Clinical accounts of depression underscore its relation to negative emotional experiences; yet few empirical studies examine emotional experiences in adults with depression, with even less work on depression and emotion in children. Using a nonclinical sample of school-aged children (n = 89) ages 8 to 12, this study evaluated whether greater mood symptoms were associated with more or less intense emotional reactions (measured via psychophysiology, subjective report, and behavior) in response to a threat paradigm. Results indicated that greater negative mood symptoms were associated with larger startle magnitude responses during threat, increased self-reports of negative emotion, and greater likelihood of crying and stopping the paradigm prematurely.
临床抑郁病例强调了其与负面情绪体验的关系;然而,很少有实证研究调查成年抑郁症患者的情绪体验,对儿童抑郁症和情绪的研究则更少。本研究使用非临床的学龄儿童样本(n=89),年龄在 8 至 12 岁之间,评估了在威胁范式下,更大的情绪症状是否与更强烈或更不强烈的情绪反应(通过心理生理学、主观报告和行为来衡量)相关。结果表明,更大的负性情绪症状与威胁期间更大的惊跳幅度反应、更多的负性情绪自我报告以及更有可能哭泣和提前终止范式有关。