Deficit in the discrimination of nonverbal emotions in children with obesity and their mothers
Deficit in the discrimination of nonverbal emotions in children with obesity and their mothers
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DOI：
10.1038/sj.ijo.802228
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发表时间：
2003-02-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Trombini, G
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作者：
Baldaro, B;Rossi, N;Trombini, G
目的：参照述情障碍的结构和布鲁赫的临床观察，本研究调查的能力，解码非语言的情绪迹象肥胖的男孩和女孩，和他们的mothers.METHOD：一组10个男孩和I I女孩肥胖和他们的母亲，和对照组进行了测试。母亲和孩子都被要求识别一组32个简短的电影序列，由四个演员解释，表达四种情绪（愤怒，悲伤，恐惧，快乐），两个强度水平。每个序列首先没有声音，第二没有视频，最后与视频和sound.Results：正如预期的那样，男孩和女孩患有肥胖症和他们的母亲表现出降低的能力，解码视觉和语言信号的情绪相比，对照组。这一结果可以根据述情障碍的结构来解释，并提出了制定治疗策略以应对肥胖儿童及其母亲的述情障碍特征的重要性。
OBJECTIVE: Referring to the alexithymia construct and Bruch's clinical observations, this study investigated the ability to decode nonverbal signs of emotion in obese boys and girls, and their mothers.METHOD: A group of 10 boys and I I girls with obesity and their mothers, and a control group were tested. Both mothers and children were asked to recognize a set of 32 brief film sequences interpreted by four actors expressing four emotions (anger, sadness, fear, happiness) with two intensity levels. Each sequence was presented first without sound, second without video, and finally with video and sound.RESULTS: As expected, boys and girls suffering from obesity and their mothers showed a reduced ability to decode visual and verbal signs of emotion compared to,the control group.DISCUSSION: This result may be interpreted in accordance with the alexithymia construct, and suggests the importance of developing therapeutic strategies to face alexithymic characteristics in obese children and their mothers.