School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
J Clin Psychol. 2021 Jan;77(1):241-253. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23023. Epub 2020 Aug 12.
This study investigated associations between childhood trauma, parental bonding, and social cognition (i.e., Theory of Mind and emotion recognition) in patients with schizophrenia and healthy adults.
Using cross-sectional data, we examined the recollections of childhood trauma experiences and social cognitive abilities in 74 patients with schizophrenia and 116 healthy adults.
Patients had significantly higher scores compared with healthy participants on childhood trauma, and lower scores on parental bonding and social cognitive measures. Physical neglect was found to be the strongest predictor of emotion recognition impairments in both groups. Optimal parental bonding attenuated the impact of childhood trauma on emotion recognition.
The present study provides evidence of an association between physical neglect and emotion recognition in patients with schizophrenia and healthy individuals and shows that both childhood trauma and parental bonding may influence social cognitive development. Psychosocial interventions should be developed to prevent and mitigate the long-term effects of childhood adversities.
本研究旨在探讨精神分裂症患者与健康成年人之间童年创伤、父母养育方式与社会认知（即心理理论和情绪识别）的关系。
采用横断面数据，我们对 74 名精神分裂症患者和 116 名健康成年人的童年创伤经历和社会认知能力进行了检测。
与健康参与者相比，患者的童年创伤得分明显更高，而父母养育方式和社会认知测量得分则更低。躯体忽视被发现是两组人群情绪识别障碍的最强预测因素。良好的父母养育方式可以减轻童年创伤对情绪识别的影响。
本研究提供了精神分裂症患者和健康个体中躯体忽视与情绪识别之间关联的证据，并表明童年创伤和父母养育方式均可能影响社会认知的发展。应制定心理社会干预措施，以预防和减轻童年逆境的长期影响。
