TY - JOUR
T1 - Expression recognition and behavioural problems in early adolescence
AU - Blair, Robert James Richard
AU - Coles, Melanie
N1 - Funding Information:
James Blair was supported by a Wellcome Project Grant (ref. 37132/Z/92/2/1.4Q). We thank the staff at Holland Park Secondary School. We are also grateful to Dr. L. Cipolotti for her comments on earlier drafts of this paper.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The processing of emotional expressions is fundamental for normal socialisation and social interaction. Fifty-five children (aged 11-14 years) in mainstream education participated in this study. They were presented with a standardised set of pictures of facial expressions and asked to name one of the six emotions illustrated (sadness, happiness, anger, disgust, fear, and surprise). Following experimental testing, their behaviour was rated by two independent teachers on the Psychopathy Screening Device (PSD). The PSD assesses two dimensions of behavioral problems: affective-interpersonal disturbance and impulsive behaviour/conduct problems. The results showed that the ability to recognise sad and fearful expressions (but not happy, angry, disgusted, or surprised expressions) was inversely related to both level of affective-interpersonal disturbance and impulsive/conduct problems. These results are interpreted with reference to current models of empathy and its disorders.
AB - The processing of emotional expressions is fundamental for normal socialisation and social interaction. Fifty-five children (aged 11-14 years) in mainstream education participated in this study. They were presented with a standardised set of pictures of facial expressions and asked to name one of the six emotions illustrated (sadness, happiness, anger, disgust, fear, and surprise). Following experimental testing, their behaviour was rated by two independent teachers on the Psychopathy Screening Device (PSD). The PSD assesses two dimensions of behavioral problems: affective-interpersonal disturbance and impulsive behaviour/conduct problems. The results showed that the ability to recognise sad and fearful expressions (but not happy, angry, disgusted, or surprised expressions) was inversely related to both level of affective-interpersonal disturbance and impulsive/conduct problems. These results are interpreted with reference to current models of empathy and its disorders.
KW - Emotion
KW - Facial expressions
KW - Psychopathic tendencies
KW - Vocal tones
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U2 - 10.1016/S0885-2014(01)00039-9
DO - 10.1016/S0885-2014(01)00039-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000346243
SN - 0885-2014
VL - 15
SP - 421
EP - 434
JO - Cognitive Development
JF - Cognitive Development
IS - 4
ER -