Impact of familiarity upon children's developing facial expression recognition
Impact of familiarity upon children's developing facial expression recognition
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DOI：
10.1111/j-1469-7610.2007.01835.x
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发表时间：
2008-02-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Phillipsl, Mary
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作者：
Herba, Catherine M.;Benson, Philip;Phillipsl, Mary
背景：在以前的研究中，个人熟悉度对儿童情绪发育的影响在很大程度上被忽视了，但考虑到这种刺激的情绪突显性，以及儿童与熟悉的其他人比陌生人更多的接触，这一点可能被证明是特别重要的。我们考察了个人熟悉度对发展面部表情识别(FER)的影响。方法：研究对象为153名4~15岁儿童。我们使用了五种情绪(快乐、悲伤、愤怒、恐惧、厌恶)的动态表达，分别由熟悉的(父母、老师)和不熟悉的身份构成。结果：识别悲伤和恐惧表情的准确率随着年龄的增长而提高，但不是愤怒。孩子们倾向于以较低的强度正确地识别快乐和恐惧。熟悉度对FER的影响依赖于情绪范畴。熟悉程度不会影响对悲伤表情的识别，但与陌生人相比，孩子们在识别熟悉的人的愤怒、恐惧和厌恶方面不那么准确。结论：个人熟悉度可能会对儿童的表现产生分散注意力的影响。研究结果强调了在研究FER的发展时，将不同的情绪类别和熟悉度结合起来的重要性。对其临床意义进行了讨论。
Background: The impact of personal familiarity upon children's developing emotion-processing has been largely ignored in previous research, yet may prove particularly important given the emotional salience of such stimuli and children's greater exposure to familiar others compared to strangers. We examined the impact of personal familiarity upon developing facial expression recognition (FER). Methods: Participants included 153 children, 4-15 years old. We employed dynamic expressions of five emotions (happy, sad, anger, fear, disgust), posed by familiar (parents, teachers) and unfamiliar identities. Results: Accuracy improved with age for recognising sad and fear expressions, but not anger. Children tended to correctly recognise happiness and fear at lower intensities. The impact of familiarity on FER depended on emotion-category. Familiarity did not affect recognition of sad expressions, but children were less accurate at recognising anger, fear, and disgust in familiar individuals compared to strangers. Conclusion: Personal familiarity may exert a distracting effect on children's performance. Findings highlight the importance of incorporating different emotion-categories and familiarity when examining the development of FER. Clinical implications are discussed.