Objectives:udThe aim of the present study was to examine accuracy in labeling body poses conveying fear. Youths with callous-unemotional traits experience emotional processing deficits seemingly on par with deficits showed by patients with amygdala damage. That is, there is growing evidence that children with callous-unemotional traits have problems recognizing afraid emotional expressions. Although people with amygdala damage show deficits in labeling afraid faces, they have an intact ability to label afraid body poses.ududMethod:udBoys (N = 55; ages 8-16 years) from a community center were recruited to label emotional faces and static body poses and to complete the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits and a measure of violence and antisocial behavior.ududResults:udCallous-unemotional traits were related to poorer accuracy when labeling afraid faces and afraid body postures. However, when response bias was taken into account, callous-unemotional traits were related to deficits in many facial expressions. Notably, the combination of poorly labeling afraid faces and body poses was linked to the highest levels of callous-unemotional traits and violence.ududConclusions:udFindings support a generalized deficit in processing displays of fear that are not specific to faces. The results support the argument that a general “fear-blindness” is related to a lack of empathy and to violence and antisocial behavior. Methodological issues with regard to deciding whether people are accurately labeling fear and other emotions are discussed. However, early identification of fear deficits that affect multiple modalities is argued to be important for clinical intervention.
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机译:目的: ud本研究的目的是检查在传达恐惧的身体姿势标签上的准确性。表现出冷酷无情的特质的年轻人经历的情感加工缺陷似乎与杏仁核受损患者表现出的缺陷同等。就是说,越来越多的证据表明,具有残酷,情绪低落特征的儿童在识别恐惧情绪表达方面存在困难。尽管杏仁核受损的人在标记恐惧的面孔时表现出不足,但他们仍具有标记恐惧的身体姿势的能力。 ud udMethod: udBoys(N = 55;年龄8-16岁)是从社区中心招募来标记情绪的面部和静态身体姿势,以及完整的无情情绪特征和暴力和反社会行为的量度。 ud ud结果: ud在为害怕的面孔和恐惧的身体姿势贴上标签时,无情的情绪特征与准确性较差有关。然而,当考虑到反应偏见时,许多面部表情的缺乏与骨ous的情绪低落特征有关。值得注意的是,贴标签效果不佳的恐惧面孔和身体姿势与最高水平的无情情绪特征和暴力相关。 ud ud结论: ud发现支持处理不是针对面孔的恐惧表现的普遍缺陷。结果支持这样一个论点,即普遍的“恐惧失明”与缺乏同理心,暴力和反社会行为有关。讨论了有关确定人们是否正确标记恐惧和其他情绪的方法论问题。但是,早期发现影响多种方式的恐惧缺陷被认为对临床干预很重要。
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