title: The facial and subjective emotional reaction in response to a video game designed to train emotional regulation (Playmancer).
abstract: Several aspects of social and emotional functioning are abnormal in people with eating disorders. The aim of the present study was to measure facial emotional expression in patients with eating disorders and healthy controls whilst playing a therapeutic video game (Playmancer) designed to train individuals in emotional regulation. Participants were 23 ED patients (11 AN, 12 BN) and 11 HCs. ED patients self reported more anger at baseline but expressed less facial expression of anger during the Playmancer game. The discrepancy between self-report and non-verbal expression may lead to problems in social communication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Claes
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Murcia
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Santamaría
authors.forename: Maher B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Forcano
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Magnenat-Thalmann
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Konstantas
authors.forename: Mikkel L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Overby
authors.forename: Jeppe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: Richard G A
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bults
authors.forename: Roser
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Granero
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kalapanidas
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Treasure
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernández-Aranda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005149:Facial Expression; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D018910:Video Games