Transgenerational effects of maternal depression on affect recognition in children

Kluczniok, Dorothea; Attar, Catherine Hindi; Fydrich, Thomas; Fuehrer, Daniel; Jaite, Charlotte; Domes, Gregor; Winter, Sibylle; Herpertz, Sabine C.; Brunner, Romuald; Boedeker, Katja; Bermpohl, Felix

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2015.09.051

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“…In the present study, happy, neutral, sad, and fear MEs were studied and the results showed that, in terms of ACC, happy ME had the highest, neutral MEs had moderate and sad and fear MEs had the lowest ACC, and the ACC of recognizing sad and fear MEs showed no significant difference. This indicated that happy MEs are easier to recognize than the other studied MEs, which is consistent with previous study findings (Schaefer et al, 2010 ; Kujawa et al, 2014 ; Kluczniok et al, 2016 ). In terms of RT, the RT of recognizing the happy ME were significantly shorter than the RTs of recognizing neutral, sad and fear MEs, while the RT of recognizing the latter three MEs showed no significant difference, suggesting individuals were more sensitive to happy ME than to the others.…”

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Comparison of Ecological Micro-Expression Recognition in Patients with Depression and Healthy Individuals

Zhu

Zhang

Zhiying

et al. 2017

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Previous studies have focused on the characteristics of ordinary facial expressions in patients with depression, and have not investigated the processing characteristics of ecological micro-expressions (MEs, i.e., MEs that presented in different background expressions) in these patients. Based on this, adopting the ecological MEs recognition paradigm, this study aimed to comparatively evaluate facial ME recognition in depressed and healthy individuals. The findings of the study are as follows: (1) background expression: the accuracy (ACC) in the neutral background condition tended to be higher than that in the fear background condition, and the reaction time (RT) in the neutral background condition was significantly longer than that in other backgrounds. The type of ME and its interaction with the type of background expression could affect participants’ ecological MEs recognition ACC and speed. Depression type: there was no significant difference between the ecological MEs recognition ACC of patients with depression and healthy individuals, but the patients’ RT was significantly longer than that of healthy individuals; and (2) patients with depression judged happy MEs that were presented against different backgrounds as neutral and judged neutral MEs that were presented against sad backgrounds as sad. The present study suggested the following: (1) ecological MEs recognition was influenced by background expressions. The ACC of happy MEs was the highest, of neutral ME moderate and of sadness and fear the lowest. The response to the happy MEs was significantly shorter than that of identifying other MEs. It is necessary to conduct research on ecological MEs recognition; (2) the speed of patients with depression in identifying ecological MEs was slower than of healthy individuals; indicating that the patients’ cognitive function was impaired; and (3) the patients with depression showed negative bias in the ecological MEs recognition task, reflecting the lack of happy ME recognition ability and the generalized identification of sad MEs in those patients.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Comparison of Ecological Micro-Expression Recognition in Patients with Depression and Healthy Individuals

Zhu

Zhang

Zhiying

et al. 2017

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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“…Neuroticism, and that the effects of maternal depression had lasting and fundamental consequences that did not subside with age. The transgenerational transmission effect between maternal depression and negative affect in her offspring is well-established (e.g., Katz et al, 2013;Klucznoik et al, 2016) and this effect might be further exacerbated by the additional situations that the siblings already encounter, thus potentially helping to explain their higher levels of anxiety and depression symptoms. The birth order of siblings would be an interesting aspect to examine in future research; specifically, whether there are differences in personality traits dependent upon whether the sibling was born before or after the sibling with disabilities, and how this relates to their experience and their affective symptomatology.…”

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Neuroticism and extraversion mediate the relationship between having a sibling with developmental disabilities and anxiety and depression symptoms

Murray

O’Neill

2019

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Background Children growing up with a sibling with disabilities report higher levels of depression and anxiety symptoms as adults. Here, we examined whether personality characteristics also play a part in mediating this relationship. Method We tested for differences in personality traits between 132 individuals who have a sibling with developmental disabilities and 132 closely matched comparisons. Results Differences in Big Five factors of personality were demonstrated across the disability groups and between the disability groups and the comparisons, especially in Extraversion, Neuroticism and Openness. Individuals growing up alongside a sibling with developmental disabilities have a higher tendency to experience anxiety and depression symptoms, and this research is the first demonstration that personality traits mediate this relationship. Specifically, Neuroticism is a strong mediator of anxiety while both Neuroticism and Extraversion contribute mediating effects toward the development of depression. Limitations Our study made use of self-report methodology which, although having recognized limitations, is more reliable than parental reports. Given the cross-sectional nature of our design, we were not able to examine pre-existing developmental factors that may have influenced the participant's propensity to particular personality traits and affective disorders. However, we obtained a large sample and closely matched participants to examine differences between those with a sibling with disabilities and those without. Conclusions As such, differences in personality traits have important implications for the understanding and treatment of siblings presenting with anxiety and depression symptoms. We recommend that intervention should target those high in Neuroticism among individuals who have a sibling with disabilities, and that more social support is put in place for siblings to mitigate their tendency towards introversion and buffer them against psychological maladjustment.

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“…35 In addition to the deficits in emotion recognition and regulation, research indicates that the negative emotional bias in children of depressed mother’s increases their risk for experiencing depressive feelings and increases their risk of developing a mood disorder as well. 10,37 Remitted and mild levels of maternal depression also have notable impacts on affect recognition and emotional development; however, it is important to mention that not all depressed mothers show meaningful impairments in child interaction; in fact, some engage in positive communication. 10,35,37…”

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“…10,37 Remitted and mild levels of maternal depression also have notable impacts on affect recognition and emotional development; however, it is important to mention that not all depressed mothers show meaningful impairments in child interaction; in fact, some engage in positive communication. 10,35,37…”

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“…39-42 Evidence shows that depression in mothers puts stress on an infant’s learning environment by disturbing the interaction strategies between mother and child, specifically by decreasing cognitive stimulation, which results in poor cognitive performance. 39,40 In addition, the tendency for children to “mirror negative cognitions of their depressed mothers” 37 like self-doubt and criticism influences their ability to attend and respond to cognitive stimuli. 41…”

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The Impact of Maternal Depression on Children: A Call for Maternal Depression Screening

Trussell

Ward

Edge

2018

Clin Pediatr (Phila)

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Transgenerational effects of maternal depression on affect recognition in children

Cited by 22 publications

References 55 publications

Comparison of Ecological Micro-Expression Recognition in Patients with Depression and Healthy Individuals

Comparison of Ecological Micro-Expression Recognition in Patients with Depression and Healthy Individuals

Neuroticism and extraversion mediate the relationship between having a sibling with developmental disabilities and anxiety and depression symptoms

The Impact of Maternal Depression on Children: A Call for Maternal Depression Screening

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