@article{ref1,
title="Impact of stable environments on maltreated children",
journal="Pediatrics international",
year="2022",
author="Koizumi, Michiko and Tomoda, Akemi and Takiguchi, Shinichiro and Kosaka, PHirotaka",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The development of the ability to understand others' facial expressions is thought to be dependent on the environment in which one has been reared. <br><br>METHODS: This study compared the ability to understand others' facial expressions between 15 children who were in an unstable environment, 11 children who had been maltreated before and were in a stable environment, like a foster family, and 33 children who had never been maltreated. We used the &quot;Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test&quot; (RMET) as measure. <br><br>RESULTS: Children who were in an unstable environment scored higher in the RMET than children who had never been maltreated. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The results suggested that hypersensitivity to others' facial expressions might be an adaptive response to a harmful environment, and that it might decline when in a stable environment because such sensitivity is no longer needed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1328-8067",
doi="10.1111/ped.15443",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ped.15443"
}