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Mai-Lippold SA, Schultze J, Pollatos O. Interoceptive abilities impairment correlates with emotional eating and taste abnormalities in children with overweight and obesity. Appetite 2024; 194:107182. [PMID: 38154574 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2023.107182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Weight problems in children are associated with emotional eating, which has been linked to interoceptive abilities. Previous research also shows altered olfactory and gustatory perception in children with obesity and overweight. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the connection of alterations in olfactory and gustatory perception to interoceptive abilities and emotional eating among children with obesity and overweight. 23 children with overweight and obesity and age-matched controls with normal weight (12-16 years old) underwent olfactory and gustatory testing. Interoceptive abilities were assessed, focusing on interoceptive accuracy and interoceptive sensibility. Children with overweight and obesity showed significantly higher accuracy for detection of sweet taste, but descriptively lower accuracy for all other taste qualities compared to normal weight children. We found no changes in olfactory abilities in children with overweight and obesity. Emotional eating scores were elevated for children with overweight and obesity, and interoceptive accuracy scores were significantly lower. In both groups, interoceptive accuracy was inversely correlated with emotional eating. Our results support prior findings of altered gustatory abilities in children with overweight and obesity. The observed link between impaired interoceptive processes and heightened emotional eating in this group implies that interventions for overweight in children could benefit from targeting interoceptive abilities. This study provides meaningful grounds for further investigations into the roles of taste, emotional eating, and interoceptive abilities for overweight in children and adolescents.
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- Sandra A Mai-Lippold
- Clinical and Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Ulm University, Germany
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- Clinical and Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Ulm University, Germany
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- Clinical and Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Ulm University, Germany.
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Romero-Rebollar C, García-Gómez L, Báez-Yáñez MG, Gutiérrez-Aguilar R, Pacheco-López G. Adiposity affects emotional information processing. Front Psychol 2022; 13:879065. [PMID: 36225672 PMCID: PMC9549075 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Obesity is a worldwide epidemic associated with severe health and psychological wellbeing impairments expressed by an increased prevalence of affective disorders. Emotional dysfunction is important due to its effect on social performance. The aim of the present narrative review is to provide a general overview of human research exploring emotional information processing in overweight and obese people. Evidence suggests that obesity is associated with an attenuation of emotional experience, contradictory findings about emotion recognition, and scarce research about automatic emotional information processing. Finally, we made some concluding considerations for future research on emotional information processing in overweight and obese people.
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- School of Psychology, Intercontinental University (UIC), Mexico City, Mexico
- Department of Research on Smoking and COPD, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Radiology Department, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Division of Research, School of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
- Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases: Obesity and Diabetes, Hospital Infantil de México “Federico Gómez”, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Health Sciences Department, Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), Lerma, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Gustavo Pacheco-López,
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Facial emotion recognition (FER) is extensively investigated in psychological sciences in healthy individuals and clinical conditions. In this paper, we analyzed those studies in which FER was assessed in the case of obesity or fibromyalgia, in relation to the levels of alexithymia. Crucially, these two conditions frequently co-occur; however, no study has explored FER considering both fibromyalgia and obesity. Studies were identified using the electronic search engine of PubMed. The last research was run on 23 July 2021. Two independent lists were generated for the two clinical conditions. Six records were reviewed about obesity, while three records about fibromyalgia. The evidence relative to FER in obesity was not conclusive, whereas the evidence about an altered FER in fibromyalgia seemed more straightforward. Moreover, the role of alexithymia on FER in these clinical conditions was not extensively investigated. In our discussion, we highlighted those factors that should be carefully addressed in investigating FER in these clinical conditions. Moreover, we underlined methodological criticisms that should be overcome in future research.
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Peláez-Fernández MA, Romero-Mesa J, Extremera N. From Deficits in Emotional Intelligence to Eating Disorder Symptoms: A Sequential Path Analysis Approach Through Self-Esteem and Anxiety. Front Psychol 2021; 12:713070. [PMID: 34484070 PMCID: PMC8416284 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.713070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Past studies have reported emotional intelligence (EI) as a relevant factor in development and maintenance of eating disorders (ED), as well as in increasing self-esteem and reducing anxiety. Similarly, research has showed that anxiety and self-esteem are positively and negatively associated to ED criteria, respectively. However, no prior studies have yet tested the multiple intervening roles of both self-esteem and anxiety as potential mediators of the association between EI and ED symptomatology. The present study aims to bridge these gaps by testing a sequential path model. Specifically, we examine the potential sequential mediation effects of self-esteem-anxiety on the link between EI and ED. A sample composed of 516 Spanish undergraduate students and community adults completed measures of EI, self-esteem, anxiety, and ED symptomatology. The results show that high levels of EI were positively associated with self-esteem and negatively associated with anxiety and ED symptoms. Anxiety was positively associated to ED symptoms, while self-esteem levels were negatively linked to ED symptoms. Moreover, path analyses showed that self-esteem and anxiety fully mediated the relationship between EI and ED symptoms in sequence. These findings suggest that EI plays a key role in reducing symptomatology of ED through increased self-esteem and reduced anxiety symptoms, providing novel evidence regarding psychological mechanisms through which EI contributes to a reduction of ED symptomatology. Implications for assessing and improving these psychological resources in ED preventive programs are discussed.
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- María Angeles Peláez-Fernández
- Department of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology, and East Asian Studies, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology, and East Asian Studies, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology, and East Asian Studies, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Romero-Mesa J, Peláez-Fernández MA, Extremera N. Emotional intelligence and eating disorders: a systematic review. Eat Weight Disord 2021; 26:1287-1301. [PMID: 32734465 DOI: 10.1007/s40519-020-00968-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Prior research indicates that deficits in emotional abilities are key predictors of the onset and maintenance of eating disorders (ED). As a relatively new emotion-related construct, emotional intelligence (EI) comprises a set of basic emotional abilities. Preliminary research suggests that deficits in EI are linked with disordered eating and other impulsive behaviours. Also, previous research reveals that emotional and socio-cognitive abilities, as well as ED symptomatology, varies across lifespan development. However, while the findings suggest promising results for the development of potential effective treatments for emotional deficits and disordered eating, it is difficult to summarise the relationship between EI and ED due to the diversity of theoretical approaches and variety of EI and ED measures. OBJECTIVE Our study, therefore, aimed to systematically review the current evidence on EI and ED in both the general and clinical populations and across different developmental stages. METHODS The databases examined were Medline, PsycInfo and Scopus, and 15 eligible articles were identified. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were used. RESULTS All the studies reviewed indicated negative associations between EI and the dimensions of ED. Additionally, several mechanisms involved, namely adaptability, stress tolerance and emotional regulation were highlighted. CONCLUSION The systematic review suggests promising but challenging preliminary evidence of the associations between EI and the dimensions of ED across diverse stages of development. In addition, future research, practical implications and limitations are discussed. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE I Systematic review.
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- Juana Romero-Mesa
- Department of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology and East Asian Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, s/n. 29071, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology and East Asian Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, s/n. 29071, Málaga, Spain.
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- Department of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology and East Asian Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, s/n. 29071, Málaga, Spain
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Balter LJ, Raymond JE, Aldred S, Higgs S, Bosch JA. Age, BMI, and inflammation: Associations with emotion recognition. Physiol Behav 2021; 232:113324. [PMID: 33482194 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Experimental studies show that inflammation impairs the ability to interpret the mental state of another person, denoted theory of mind (ToM). The current study attempted a conceptual replication in states associated with elevated low-grade inflammation, i.e., high body weight and advanced age. Ninety young (M = 26.3 years, SD = 4.1) or older (M = 70.7 years, SD = 4.0) participants with either a normal body mass index (BMI) (M = 22.4, SD = 2.2) or high BMI (M = 33.1, SD = 3.8) completed the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) to assess emotion recognition. Plasma interleukin-6 (IL-6) level was measured to index low-grade inflammation. As anticipated, elevated IL-6 levels were found with higher BMI, although not with increased age. IL-6 was associated with poorer task performance, independent of potential demographic and health confounders (e.g., sex, education, smoking status, alcohol intake, presence of medical conditions, and medication intake). Analyses also revealed an interaction whereby young individuals with a high BMI showed worse RMET performance compared to their normal BMI counterparts, whereas the opposite pattern was found in older individuals. The present observational study replicated experimental results showing that elevated low-grade inflammation is correlated with a lower ability to infer the mental states of others. These findings suggest that also naturalistic conditions of (protracted) low-grade inflammation may alter emotion recognition.
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- Leonie Jt Balter
- Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-10691.
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- School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Psychology Department, Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1018 WT, NL
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Emotion perception and theory of mind in obesity: a systematic review on the impact of social cognitive deficits on dysfunctional eating behaviors. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2020; 17:618-629. [PMID: 33249085 DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The aim of this paper was to summarize our current understanding of emotion perception and Theory of Mind (ToM) in obesity and how they relate to dysfunctional eating behaviors (DEB), frequently found in candidates for bariatric surgery. The literature was searched using the electronic databases PsychInfo, Medline, and Web of Science databases, and by additional hand searches through reference lists and specialist eating disorders journals. Relevant studies were included if they were written in English, included participants suffering from obesity and evaluation with tasks assessing social cognition, such as emotion recognition and perception, as well as ToM. Twelve studies analyzed for this systematic review suggest that deficits in such social cognitive domains may lie behind many emotional and social difficulties present in people with obesity, be they bariatric or not, which usually favor DEB. Our review suggests that people with obesity of all ages score significantly less than controls on instruments assessing emotion recognition and ToM, justifying a possible relationship between social cognitive impairments and dysfunctional eating behaviors, such as binges, emotional eating, and addition to food, frequently seen in people with obesity. These findings have important implications for our understanding of the social cognitive foundations of eating behavior in individuals with obesity. They can help not only the presurgical behavioral assessment, but also guide postoperative follow-up of this population.
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Guo J, Ma Y, Liu Z, Wang F, Hou X, Chen J, Hong Y, Xu S, Liu X. Performance of facial expression classification tasks in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med 2020; 16:523-530. [PMID: 32003740 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.8256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVES People show a facial recognition speed advantage, termed positive classification advantage (PCA), when judging whether a facial expression is happy compared to angry or sad. This study investigated emotional face recognition by patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with impaired neurocognition. METHODS Thirty-four patients with OSA and 26 healthy control patients who underwent 1 night of polysomnographic evaluation before recruitment were asked to complete an emotion recognition task. Accuracy rates and reaction times were recorded and analyzed using repeated-measures analysis of variance. RESULTS When participants were asked to classify positive (happy) versus negative (sad) emotional expressions, the phenomenon of PCA disappeared. Importantly, however, compared with the control patients who showed PCA, patients with OSA identified sad faces faster but were similar in processing happy faces. CONCLUSIONS In accordance with previous studies that showed depressive emotion in patients with OSA, our results indicate that patients with OSA show negative bias in facial expression recognition, which might lead to decline in ability of social communication.
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- Junfeng Guo
- Department of Senile Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Rehabilitation, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Shandong University, Shandong, China
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- Department of Senile Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Anti-Ageing, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Anti-Aging Monitoring Laboratory, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China
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- Center of Sleep Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China
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- Center of Sleep Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China
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- Department of Senile Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Anti-Ageing, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Anti-Aging Monitoring Laboratory, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China
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- Department of Senile Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Anti-Ageing, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Anti-Aging Monitoring Laboratory, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China
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- Department of Senile Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Anti-Ageing, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Anti-Aging Monitoring Laboratory, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China
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- Department of Senile Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Anti-Ageing, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Anti-Aging Monitoring Laboratory, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China
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- Department of Senile Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Anti-Ageing, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Anti-Aging Monitoring Laboratory, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China
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Emotion Identification in Preschool and Early Adolescent Body Mass Index: Exploring the Roles of Depressive Symptoms and Peer Relations. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2020; 51:321-329. [PMID: 31625000 PMCID: PMC7249330 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-019-00932-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The ability to identify and label emotions may represent an early-life risk factor that relates to excess weight gain during childhood. The current study investigates the relationships between preschool emotion identification and early adolescent body mass index (BMI), as well as the mediating role of two variables: depressive symptoms and peer relations. In a longitudinal study, preschoolers completed an emotion identification task, and parents completed psychiatric assessments and a peer-relations questionnaire about their child. BMI percentile was measured at later time points in early adolescence. Poor emotion identification during preschool predicted increases in BMI percentile over time, with greater deficits in emotion identification ability relating to steeper increases in BMI percentile across early adolescence. Peer relations in preschool partially mediated the relationship between preschool emotion identification ability and adolescent BMI. This study provides novel information about potential targets for early interventions in the service of obesity prevention.
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Associations between Theory of Mind and Emotion Regulation in Argentinean Adults. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-019-00539-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Caldú X, Ottino-González J, Sánchez-Garre C, Hernan I, Tor E, Sender-Palacios MJ, Dreher JC, Garolera M, Jurado MÁ. Effect of the catechol-O-methyltransferase Val 158 Met polymorphism on theory of mind in obesity. EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 2019; 27:401-409. [PMID: 30761671 DOI: 10.1002/erv.2665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Obesity is often accompanied with psychosocial adjustment problems, such as difficulties in social interactions and social withdrawal. A key aspect of social cognition is theory of mind, which allows inferring mental states, feelings, motivations, and beliefs of others and to use this information to predict their future behaviour. Theory of mind is highly dependent on prefrontal dopaminergic neurotransmission, which is regulated by catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity. We aimed at determining whether theory of mind is altered in obesity and if this ability is modulated by COMT. Fifty patients with obesity and 47 normal-weight individuals underwent the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test, the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and the Vocabulary subscale of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. The genotype for the COMT Val 158 Met functional polymorphism was determined for all subjects. Patients with obesity obtained significantly lower scores in the negative items of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test than normal-weight subjects. Further, an interaction effect was observed between group and COMT genotype. Specifically, the presence of the Met allele was associated to a better identification of negative mental states only in patients with obesity. Our results indicate that obesity is accompanied with difficulties in theory of mind and that this ability is influenced by the COMT genotype.
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- Xavier Caldú
- Departament de Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
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- Departament de Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
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- Unitat d'Endocrinologia Pediàtrica, Departament de Pediatria, Hospital de Terrassa, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
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- Unitat de Genètica Molecular, Hospital de Terrassa, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
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- Centre d'atenció primària Terrassa Nord, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
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- Neuroeconomics, Reward and Decision Making Team, Cognitive Neuroscience Centre, CNRS UMR 5229, Bron, France.,Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Unitat de Neuropsicologia, Hospital de Terrassa, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
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- Departament de Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
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Percinel I, Ozbaran B, Kose S, Simsek DG, Darcan S. Increased deficits in emotion recognition and regulation in children and adolescents with exogenous obesity. World J Biol Psychiatry 2018; 19:112-118. [PMID: 27885918 DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2016.1265147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES In this study we aimed to evaluate emotion recognition and emotion regulation skills of children with exogenous obesity between the ages of 11 and 18 years and compare them with healthy controls. METHODS The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Aged Children was used for psychiatric evaluations. Emotion recognition skills were evaluated using Faces Test and Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test. The Difficulties in Emotions Regulation Scale was used for evaluating skills of emotion regulation. RESULTS Children with obesity had lower scores on Faces Test and Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test, and experienced greater difficulty in emotional regulation skills. CONCLUSIONS Improved understanding of emotional recognition and emotion regulation in young people with obesity may improve their social adaptation and help in the treatment of their disorder. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate both emotional recognition and emotion regulation functions in obese children and obese adolescents between 11 and 18 years of age.
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- Ipek Percinel
- a Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , Osmaniye State Hospital , Osmaniye , Turkey
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- b Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , Ege University Medical Faculty , Izmir , Turkey
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- b Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , Ege University Medical Faculty , Izmir , Turkey
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- c Department of Pediatric Endocrinology , Ege University Medical Faculty , Izmir , Turkey
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- c Department of Pediatric Endocrinology , Ege University Medical Faculty , Izmir , Turkey
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Giel KE, Hartmann A, Zeeck A, Jux A, Vuck A, Gierthmuehlen PCG, Wetzler-Burmeister E, Sandholz A, Marjanovic G, Joos A. Decreased Emotional Perception in Obesity. EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 2016; 24:341-6. [DOI: 10.1002/erv.2444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Katrin Elisabeth Giel
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy; University Hospital Tübingen; Tübingen Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Prosthetic Dentistry; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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- Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Department of Visceral Surgery; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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