Salazar Kämpf Maike, Kanske Philipp
Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Front Psychiatry. 2023 Jan 25;13:1105503. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1105503. eCollection 2022.
Mimicry, the spontaneous imitation of an interaction partner, is an important part of everyday communication, as it has been shown to foster relationships and increase closeness. People with affective disorders often have problems in their interpersonal lives. In this review, we pursue the question if these problems are linked to differences in mimicry behavior. First, we summarize existing evidence on mimicry, depression and mood. Then, based on five theories differing in their core assumptions regarding mechanisms and functionality of mimicry, we derive suggestions on how mimicry might affect people suffering from bipolar disorders, dysthymia or depression. Depending on each theory, a different understanding of affective disorders and mimicry arises, and we show how the evidence fit in with the suggested theories. Previous studies on affective disorders have focused on mimicry behavior of participants watching photos, computer-generated images, or short video sequences. This review sheds light on the fact that evidence on mimicry needs to be broadened systematically for people with affective disorders in interactional settings. Mimicry represents a novel and important yet underestimated source for diagnostic, intervention and evaluation processes in affective disorders.
模仿，即对互动伙伴的自发模仿，是日常交流的重要组成部分，因为它已被证明有助于增进人际关系并提升亲密度。患有情感障碍的人在其人际交往生活中常常存在问题。在本综述中，我们探讨这些问题是否与模仿行为的差异有关。首先，我们总结关于模仿、抑郁和情绪的现有证据。然后，基于关于模仿机制和功能的核心假设不同的五种理论，我们得出关于模仿可能如何影响双相情感障碍、心境恶劣或抑郁症患者的建议。根据每种理论，会产生对情感障碍和模仿的不同理解，并且我们展示证据如何与所提出的理论相契合。先前关于情感障碍的研究集中于参与者观看照片、计算机生成图像或短视频序列时的模仿行为。本综述揭示了这样一个事实，即对于情感障碍患者在互动情境中的模仿证据需要系统地加以拓展。模仿是情感障碍诊断、干预和评估过程中一个新颖且重要但被低估的来源。
