title: Perception of emotional prosody in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
abstract: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with social conflicts. The purpose of this study was to explore domains of social cognition in adult patients with ADHD.
  
  
  
  The assessment of social cognition was based on established neuropsychological tests: the Tübinger Affect Battery (TAB) for prosody and the Cambridge Behaviour Scale (CBS) for empathy. The performance of adults with ADHD (N = 28) was compared with the performance of a control group (N = 29) matched according to basic demographic variables.
  
  
  
  Treatment-naïve adults with ADHD showed deficits in emotional prosody (P = 0.02) and in the ability to empathize (P < 0.02) independent of executive functioning. In particular, their ability to perceive angry feelings was found to be compromised (P = 0.04). When emotional prosody was considered in relation to facial expressions, patients and controls showed no impairments (P > 0.2). No gender differences concerning social cognitive skills were detected.
  
  
  
  ADHD is associated with social cognition impairments involving both emotional prosody and empathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3244-9737
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kis
authors.affiliation: LVR Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.|Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guberina
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Hospital, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.affiliation: LVR Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Niklewski
authors.affiliation: Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dziobek
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wiltfang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdel-Hamid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D004645:Empathy; D056344:Executive Function; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012938:Social Perception; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; empathy; executive function; neuropsychology; social cognition