Research has suggested that patients with depression have deficits in social cognition, however they provide limited data regarding adolescent depression. Moreover, the relationship of social cognition with clinical features and quality of life is less studied. This study investigated social cognition in depressive adolescents and the correlations of social cognition with clinical features and quality of life. Thirty-five depressed adolescents and 37 healthy controls were assessed. Emotion perception and decoding ToM, quality of life and clinical variables were evaluated. No significant differences were found between depression and control groups regarding social cognitive tests. The results indicated that examined clinical features were not correlated significantly with social cognitive tests. Results suggest that social cognitive abilities are not disturbed in adolescents with first depressive episode.

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初发青少年抑郁症的社会认知及其与临床特征和生活质量的相关性

研究表明，抑郁症患者在社会认知方面存在缺陷，但他们提供的关于青少年抑郁症的数据有限。此外，社会认知与临床特征和生活质量的关系研究较少。本研究调查了抑郁青少年的社会认知以及社会认知与临床特征和生活质量的相关性。评估了 35 名抑郁青少年和 37 名健康对照。评估情绪感知和解码 ToM、生活质量和临床变量。在社会认知测试方面，抑郁症组和对照组之间没有发现显着差异。结果表明，检查的临床特征与社会认知测试没有显着相关性。