Mood-Related Negative Bias in Response to Affective Stimuli in Patients with Major Depression - Open Journal of Depression

OJD > Vol.2 No.4, November 2013

Open Journal of Depression

Volume 2, Issue 4 (November 2013)

ISSN Print: 2169-9658 ISSN Online: 2169-9674

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Mood-Related Negative Bias in Response to Affective Stimuli in Patients with Major Depression ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojd.2013.24012 4,653 Downloads 7,988 Views Citations

Author(s)

Rottraut Ille, Peter Hofmann, Christoph Ebner, Hans-Peter Kapfhammer

Affiliation(s)

Institute of Psychology, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Graz, Austria; University Hospital of Psychiatry, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
University Hospital of Psychiatry, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

ABSTRACT

Background: The study focuses on the type and degree of impairment in the processing of affective faces and scenes in patients afflicted with major depression (MD). We investigated effects of emotional traits, gender, depression severity, and cognitive performance. Method: Thirty MD patients (15 men, 15 women) and 30 healthy controls were presented with pictures of emotional facial expressions and affective scenes. They were asked to estimate the intensity and allocation of the emotions expressed by the faces as well as the elicited emotions by the scenes. Results: MD patients showed a broad impairment of emotion recognition. Patients’ responses to happy faces suggested a negativity bias, which also became evident in the perception of emotional scenes. The negativity bias was stronger in male than female patients. Depression severity was negatively related to experience of happiness. Patient’s lower cognitive performance was associated with allocation accuracy of angry and disgusted faces. Conclusions: Our findings show accordance with the mood-congruency hypothesis. Depression treatment should put increased focus to the association between negative mood bias and social functioning.

KEYWORDS

Emotion Recognition; Emotion Experience; Impairment; Negativity Bias; Cognitive Performance; Severity of Depression

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Ille, R. , Hofmann, P. , Ebner, C. and Kapfhammer, H. (2013) Mood-Related Negative Bias in Response to Affective Stimuli in Patients with Major Depression. Open Journal of Depression, 2, 64-71. doi: 10.4236/ojd.2013.24012.

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