The characteristics of emotional memory in adolescent with anxiety disorders / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the characteristics of emotional memory in adolescent with anxiety disorders.Methods Totally 40 adolescent patients with anxiety disorders who met the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria were selected as the anxiety disorder group,40 normal adolescents matched with anxiety disorder group in terms of gender,age and education level served as the control group.All subjects of the two groups were implemented by emotional memory test task.Results (1) In emotional memory test,the negative picture score of adolescent anxiety disorder group(2.10±0.75)was significantly lower than that of control group (2.76±0.92) (t=-3.29,P＜0.05).There were no significant difference in positive and neutral picture scores between the two groups(P＞0.05).(2)Compared with control group,the positive picture,neutral picture and total recognition accuracy of adolescent anxiety disorder group both were significantly decreased ((0.24±0.09) vs (0.33±0.08),(0.22±0.10) vs (0.32±0.14),(0.25±0.08) vs (0.33±0.09)) (t=-4.28,-4.28,-3.85,all P＜0.05).There was no significant difference in negative picture recognition accuracy between the two groups (P＞0.05).In adolescent anxiety disorder group,there were significant differences in the correct recognition rates of negative pictures,positive pictures and neutral pictures in anxiety disorder group (F=3.39,P＜0.05),while there was no significant difference in the control group (F=0.04,P＞0.05).(3) The positive picture recognition accuracy and total recognition accuracy in adolescent anxiety disorder group were negatively correlated with Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) (F=0.04,P＜ 0.05).Conclusion Adolescent anxiety disorders exist in emotional memory defects,and its positive emotional memory deficit is negatively correlated with the severity of anxiety.