Anxious and depressive symptoms and children's judgements of their own and others' interpretation of ambiguous social scenarios.
This study investigated associations between anxious and depressive symptoms in 7- and 9-year-olds and their judgements of intention. It asked children to judge how a protagonist (other judgement) and they themselves (self-judgement) would interpret the intention of a second character, where this intention was ambiguously negative or benign. The results showed that levels of self-report depressive symptoms predicted an increase in the number of negative interpretations for self (but not for other) judgements. In comparison, increased levels of parent-report anxiety symptoms predicted an increase in number of negative interpretations for other (but not for self) judgements.
Dineen
Kerry A
KA
Department of Psychology, Centre for Research into Psychological Development, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
Hadwin
Julie A
JA
D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires