@article{ref1,
title="Gender differences in facial emotion recognition among adolescents depression with non-suicidal self-injury",
journal="Psychology research and behavior management",
year="2023",
author="He, Kongliang and Ji, Sifan and Sun, Lingmin and Yang, Tingting and Chen, Lu and Liu, Huanzhong and Wang, Kai",
volume="16",
number="",
pages="3531-3539",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Despite the perception that healthy female are superior at emotional identification, it remains unclear whether gender-specific differences exist in adolescent depression and whether such specific differences in emotional recognition are associated with the most salient feature of adolescent depression---non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). <br><br>METHODS: In this study, 1428 adolescents (1136 females and 292 males) with depression and NSSI were examined using the Facial Emotion Recognition Task, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and Functional Assessment of Self-mutilation questionnaire (FASM). This study was grouped by gender. Data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, chi-square test, non-parametric test (Mann-Whitney U-test), Spearman correlation and Multiple linear regression analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: Depressed females reported a significantly greater frequency of self-injurious behaviour and more severe depressive symptoms than males. Face emotion recognition was also significantly more accurate in females and was positively correlated with levels of self-injury and depression, whereas no such correlations were found in males. Among depressed adolescents, face emotion recognition is better in females and is associated with self-injurious behaviour. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study found that the greater susceptibility to depression and NSSI among adolescent females may stem in part from superior recognition and sensitivity to the negative emotions of others.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1179-1578",
doi="10.2147/PRBM.S418966",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S418966"
}