Journal
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages 421-434Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(01)00039-9
Keywords
emotion; facial expressions; vocal tones; psychopathic tendencies
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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. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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