Difficulties in social cognitive functioning among pediatric patients with muscular dystrophies

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dc.contributor.authorGarcía Urquiza, Irune
dc.contributor.authorMartínez, Óscar
dc.contributor.authorLópez Paz, Juan Francisco
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Martín, Maitane
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez Bermejo, Alicia Aurora
dc.contributor.authorAmayra Caro, Imanol
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-19T14:37:34Z
dc.date.available2024-11-19T14:37:34Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.date.updated2024-11-19T14:37:34Z
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Pediatric muscular dystrophies (MDs) are a heterogeneous group of rare neuromuscular diseases characterized by progressive muscle degeneration. A neuropsychosocial approach is crucial for these patients due to associated cognitive, behavioral, and psychiatric comorbidities; however, the social cognitive domain has not been adequately addressed. Methods: This study aimed to analyze on social cognition performance in a pediatric MD patient cohort. This cross-sectional study included 32 pediatric patients with MD and 32 matched-healthy controls. The Social Perception Domain of the NEPSY-II, the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test–Child and Happé’s Strange Stories Test were administered. General intelligence and behavioral and emotional symptoms were controlled for to eliminate covariables’ possible influence. The assessments were performed remotely. Results: Children with MDs performed significantly worse on most of the social cognition tasks. The differences found between the groups could be explained by the level of general intelligence for some aspects more related to theory of mind (ToM) (TM NEPSY-II: F = 1.703, p =.197; Verbal task: F = 2.411, p =.125; RMET-C: F = 2.899, p =.094), but not for emotion recognition. Furthermore, these differences were also independent of behavioral and emotional symptoms. Discussion: In conclusion, social cognition is apparently impaired in pediatric patients with MD, both for emotion recognition and ToM. Screening assessment in social cognition should be considered to promote early interventions aimed at improving these patient’s quality of life.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by a grant from the Deusto International Research School (DIRS) ‘Programa de Ayudas para Formación de Personal Investigador de la Universidad de Deusto’ (FPI UD_2021_04 to IG)en
dc.identifier.citationGarcía, I., Martínez, O., López-Paz, J. F., García, M., Rodríguez, A. A., & Amayra, I. (2023). Difficulties in social cognitive functioning among pediatric patients with muscular dystrophies. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/FPSYG.2023.1296532
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/FPSYG.2023.1296532
dc.identifier.eissn1664-1078
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/1979
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherFrontiers Media SA
dc.rights© 2024 García, Martínez, López-Paz, García, Rodríguez and Amayra
dc.subject.otherBehavioral and emotional symptoms
dc.subject.otherEmotion recognition
dc.subject.otherGeneral intelligence
dc.subject.otherPediatric MD
dc.subject.otherSocial cognition
dc.subject.otherTheory of mind
dc.titleDifficulties in social cognitive functioning among pediatric patients with muscular dystrophiesen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Psychology
oaire.citation.volume14
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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