Two systems for empathy in obsessive-compulsive disorder: mentalizing and experience sharing

M. Pino, D. de Berardis, Melania Mariano, F. Vellante, N. Serroni, A. Valchera, M. Valenti, M. Mazza
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Objective: To investigate empathic abilities in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) compared to control subjects. OCD is characterized by persistent obsessions and compulsions. Previous studies have proposed specific emotion recognition deficits in patients with OCD. The ability to recognize emotion is part of the broad construct of empathy that incorporates mentalizing and experience-sharing dimensions. Methods: Twenty-four subjects with a diagnosis of OCD and 23 control subjects underwent empathic measures. Results: Patients with OCD compared to control subjects showed deficits in all mentalizing measures. They were incapable of understanding the mental and emotional states of other people. On the other hand, in the sharing experience measures, the OCD group was able to empathize with the emotional experience of other people when they expressed emotions with positive valence, but were not able to do when the emotional valence was negative. Conclusion: Our results suggest that patients with OCD show a difficulty in mentalizing ability, whereas the deficit in sharing ability is specific for the negative emotional valence.
强迫症共情的两个系统:心智化和经验分享
目的:探讨强迫症(OCD)患者与对照组的共情能力。强迫症的特征是持续的强迫和强迫。先前的研究已经提出强迫症患者存在特定的情绪识别缺陷。识别情绪的能力是共情的广泛构建的一部分,它包含了心理化和经验分享的维度。方法:对24例强迫症患者和23例对照组进行共情测量。结果:与对照组相比,强迫症患者在所有心理测量指标上均存在缺陷。他们无法理解他人的心理和情感状态。另一方面,在分享经验测试中,强迫症组在表达积极效价情绪时能够同情他人的情绪体验,而在表达消极效价情绪时则不能。结论:强迫症患者的心理化能力存在一定的困难,而分享能力的缺失主要表现在负性情绪效价上。
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