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The Role of Dispositional Mindfulness in the Development of Emotion Recognition Ability and Inhibitory Control from Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood

Dawson, Glen C
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1591100303833653

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2020, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
Emotion recognition, or the accurate identification of affect as expressed by another individual, is integral to healthy social functioning. Research into emotion recognition ability has largely ignored the potential moderating effects of inhibitory control. Further, dispositional mindfulness, or non-judgmental present moment awareness, has been shown to affect emotion recognition both directly as well as indirectly through its influence on inhibitory control. Unfortunately, research into the developmental relationship between emotion recognition ability, inhibitory control, and mindfulness, particularly in late adolescence, is lacking. The present study sought to address this gap in the literature through a novel investigation of emotion recognition ability, inhibitory control, and dispositional mindfulness in a sample of late adolescents ages 16 – 17 and emerging adults 18 – 19. Participants completed an emotional go/no-go task with happy, sad, and neutral emotional facial stimuli while event-related potential (ERP) brain responses were recorded via electroencephalography (EEG). This investigation focused on the N2 and error-related negativity (ERN) ERP components. Results from performance measures indicated stronger emotion recognition ability in the emerging adult group versus the late adolescent group across valences as measured by perceptual sensitivity (d’). ERP results indicated stronger frontal brain region N2 amplitudes towards emotions in the emerging adolescent group, with no difference between groups in ERN amplitude. Mindfulness was associated with longer reaction times on the emotional go/no-go task, but had no relationship with perceptual sensitivity or ERP amplitudes. Implications for the development of emotion recognition ability in late adolescence are discussed.
Arin Connell, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Sandra Russ, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Julie Exline, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Melissa Armstrong-Brine, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
93 p.
Psychology
mindfulness, emotion recognition, inhibitory control, adolescence

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  • Dawson, G. C. (2020). The Role of Dispositional Mindfulness in the Development of Emotion Recognition Ability and Inhibitory Control from Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1591100303833653

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dawson, Glen. The Role of Dispositional Mindfulness in the Development of Emotion Recognition Ability and Inhibitory Control from Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood. 2020. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1591100303833653.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dawson, Glen. "The Role of Dispositional Mindfulness in the Development of Emotion Recognition Ability and Inhibitory Control from Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1591100303833653

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