Emotional Clarity in Youth with Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(2021) PSPR14 20211Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Difficulties with emotional clarity may be more prominent in children and adolescents with psychiatric symptoms, but there is limited research in clinical samples of youth with anxiety disorders (ADs) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Furthermore, emotional clarity has mostly been studied using self-report measures, indicating the need for more experiential ways of examining this concept. The aim of this study was to test whether youth with ADs and OCD had more difficulties with emotional clarity than non-clinical youth. Children and adolescents with ADs/OCD (n = 103) and without psychiatric disorders (n = 29) completed a computer-based task, designed to measure emotional clarity and emotional reactivity. The reliability of the task... (More)
- Difficulties with emotional clarity may be more prominent in children and adolescents with psychiatric symptoms, but there is limited research in clinical samples of youth with anxiety disorders (ADs) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Furthermore, emotional clarity has mostly been studied using self-report measures, indicating the need for more experiential ways of examining this concept. The aim of this study was to test whether youth with ADs and OCD had more difficulties with emotional clarity than non-clinical youth. Children and adolescents with ADs/OCD (n = 103) and without psychiatric disorders (n = 29) completed a computer-based task, designed to measure emotional clarity and emotional reactivity. The reliability of the task was examined, after which multiple linear regression analyses were performed. Correlations were computed in order to analyse the association between emotional clarity and emotional reactivity. The results showed that children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders had poorer emotional clarity than the comparison group. This difference was however not statistically significant when accounting for emotional reactivity. Difficulties with emotional clarity and more emotional reactivity were found to be significantly and moderately correlated. In conclusion, youth with ADs and OCD have poorer emotional clarity than their non-clinical peers. However, to what extent emotional clarity is uniquely related to psychopathology remains unclear. Correlations between emotional clarity and emotional reactivity indicate the need for further exploration regarding their role in clinical youth. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Tidigare forskning visar att svårigheter med emotionell klarhet (eng. ”emotional clarity”) är mer framträdande hos barn och unga med psykiatriska symtom. Det finns emellertid få studier som undersöker detta samband i kliniska grupper av barn och unga med ångestsyndrom och tvångssyndrom. Vidare har emotionell klarhet främst undersökts genom självskattning, vilket motiverar behovet av att undersöka dessa koncept med upplevelsebaserade metoder. Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka huruvida barn och unga med ångestsyndrom och tvångssyndrom har mer svårigheter med emotionell klarhet jämfört med icke-kliniska barn och unga. Barn och unga med ångestsyndrom/ tvångssyndrom (n = 103), samt utan psykiatriska diagnoser (n = 29) genomförde ett... (More)
- Tidigare forskning visar att svårigheter med emotionell klarhet (eng. ”emotional clarity”) är mer framträdande hos barn och unga med psykiatriska symtom. Det finns emellertid få studier som undersöker detta samband i kliniska grupper av barn och unga med ångestsyndrom och tvångssyndrom. Vidare har emotionell klarhet främst undersökts genom självskattning, vilket motiverar behovet av att undersöka dessa koncept med upplevelsebaserade metoder. Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka huruvida barn och unga med ångestsyndrom och tvångssyndrom har mer svårigheter med emotionell klarhet jämfört med icke-kliniska barn och unga. Barn och unga med ångestsyndrom/ tvångssyndrom (n = 103), samt utan psykiatriska diagnoser (n = 29) genomförde ett datorbaserat test, vilket mätte emotionell klarhet och emotionell reaktivitet (eng. ”emotional reactivity”). Multipla linjära regressionsanalyser utfördes efter det att testets reliabilitet utforskats. Möjliga samband mellan emotionell klarhet och emotionell reaktivitet undersöktes genom korrelationsanalyser. Resultatet visade att barn och unga i den kliniska gruppen hade större svårigheter med emotionell klarhet jämfört med den icke-kliniska gruppen. Denna skillnad var dock inte längre statistiskt signifikant efter att ha kontrollerat för emotionell reaktivitet. Det fanns en signifikant och medelstor positiv korrelation mellan svårigheter med emotionell klarhet och högre emotionell reaktivitet. Barn och unga med ångestsyndrom och tvångssyndrom förefaller ha större svårigheter med emotionell klarhet än deras icke-kliniska jämnåriga. I vilken utsträckning svårigheter gällande emotionell klarhet i sig självt är relaterat till psykopatologi återstår emellertid att kartlägga. Den identifierade korrelationen mellan emotionell klarhet och emotionell reaktivitet motiverar vidare forskning gällande deras kliniska roll för barn och unga. (Less)
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- author
- Grip, Maria LU and Trebbin Harvard, Sunna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Emotionell klarhet hos unga med ångestsyndrom och tvångssyndrom
- course
- PSPR14 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- emotional clarity, emotional reactivity, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, children, adolescents, youth, emotionell klarhet, emotionell reaktivitet, ångestsyndrom, tvångssyndrom, barn, unga, ungdomar
- language
- English
- id
- 9048006
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-07 08:34:33
- date last changed
- 2021-06-07 08:34:33
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abstract = {{Difficulties with emotional clarity may be more prominent in children and adolescents with psychiatric symptoms, but there is limited research in clinical samples of youth with anxiety disorders (ADs) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Furthermore, emotional clarity has mostly been studied using self-report measures, indicating the need for more experiential ways of examining this concept. The aim of this study was to test whether youth with ADs and OCD had more difficulties with emotional clarity than non-clinical youth. Children and adolescents with ADs/OCD (n = 103) and without psychiatric disorders (n = 29) completed a computer-based task, designed to measure emotional clarity and emotional reactivity. The reliability of the task was examined, after which multiple linear regression analyses were performed. Correlations were computed in order to analyse the association between emotional clarity and emotional reactivity. The results showed that children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders had poorer emotional clarity than the comparison group. This difference was however not statistically significant when accounting for emotional reactivity. Difficulties with emotional clarity and more emotional reactivity were found to be significantly and moderately correlated. In conclusion, youth with ADs and OCD have poorer emotional clarity than their non-clinical peers. However, to what extent emotional clarity is uniquely related to psychopathology remains unclear. Correlations between emotional clarity and emotional reactivity indicate the need for further exploration regarding their role in clinical youth.}},
author = {{Grip, Maria and Trebbin Harvard, Sunna}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Emotional Clarity in Youth with Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder}},
year = {{2021}},
}