@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"
}