@article {McClure:August 2007:0091-0627:567, author = "McClure, Erin", author = "Parrish, Jessica", author = "Nelson, Eric", author = "Easter, Joshua", author = "Thorne, John", author = "Rilling, James", author = "Ernst, Monique", author = "Pine, Daniel", title = "Responses to Conflict and Cooperation in Adolescents with Anxiety and Mood Disorders", journal = "Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology", volume = "35", year = "August 2007", abstract = "This study examined patterns of behavioral and emotional responses to conflict and cooperation in adolescents with anxiety/mood disorders and healthy peers. We compared performance on and emotional responses to the Prisoner's Dilemma (PD) game, an economic exchange task involving conflict and cooperation, between adolescents with anxiety/depressive disorders (A/D) (N=21) and healthy comparisons (N = 29). Participants were deceived to believe their co-player (a pre-programmed computer algorithm) was another study participant. A/D adolescents differed significantly from comparisons in patterns of play and emotional response to the game. Specifically, A/D participants responded more cooperatively to cooperative overtures from their co-players; A/D girls also reported more anger toward co-players than did comparison girls. Our findings indicate that A/D adolescents, particularly females, respond distinctively to stressful social interchanges. These findings offer a first step toward elucidating the mechanisms underlying social impairment in youth with internalizing disorders.", pages = "567-577(11)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/jacp/2007/00000035/00000004/00009113" doi = "doi:10.1007/s10802-007-9113-8" }