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Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 26, No. 5, 2001, pp. 309-319
© 2001 Society of Pediatric Psychology

Social Information Processing and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children With Sickle Cell Disease

LeAnn C. Boni, PhD1, Ronald T. Brown, PhD2, Patricia C. Davis, MD3, Lewis Hsu, MD, PhD3 and Katharine Hopkins, MD3

1 Emory University, 2 Medical University of South Carolina, 3 Emory University School of Medicine

All correspondence should be sent to Ronald T. Brown, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Hagood Avenue, P.O. Box 250822, Charleston, South Carolina 29425. E-mail: brownron{at}musc.edu .

Objective: To examine social information processing, social skills, and adjustment difficulties in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) as rated by caregivers, teachers, and the children themselves. Children were classified in two groups: cerebral vascular accidents (CVA) (n = 21) or without central nervous system (CNS) pathology (n = 20) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Both groups had HbSS SCD. We compared these two groups and a third group of 11 children who had a milder type of SCD (HbSC).

Methods: Participants referred for evaluation of learning and behavior problems were administered MRIs to ascertain the presence of pathology and a series of measures designed to assess nonverbal emotional decoding abilities and ratings of social emotional functioning.

Results: Children with CVA displayed more errors on tasks of facial and vocal emotional decoding than did comparison controls without CVA.

Conclusions: Acquired neurological impairments in children with SCD seemed to be associated with difficulties in the decoding of emotions of other children and adults. We recommend that future research integrate neuropsychological and psychosocial research programs for pediatric chronic illness groups.

Key words: pediatric; sickle cell disease; cerebral vascular accident; social information processing.


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