Biased Facial Expression Interpretation in Shy Children

Autor/inn/en	Kokin, Jessica; Younger, Alastair; Gosselin, Pierre; Vaillancourt, Tracy
Titel	Biased Facial Expression Interpretation in Shy Children
Quelle	In: Infant and Child Development, 25 (2016) 1, S.3-23 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7227
DOI	10.1002/icd.1915
Schlagwörter	Children; Preadolescents; Early Adolescents; Nonverbal Communication; Bias; Shyness; Experiments; Emotional Response; Questionnaires; Hypothesis Testing; Accuracy; Negative Attitudes; Interpersonal Competence; Anxiety + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Schüchternheit; Erprobung; Emotionales Verhalten; Fragebogen; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Negative Fixierung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Angst
Abstract	The relationship between shyness and the interpretations of the facial expressions of others was examined in a sample of 123 children aged 12 to 14?years. Participants viewed faces displaying happiness, fear, anger, disgust, sadness, surprise, as well as a neutral expression, presented on a computer screen. The children identified each expression by pressing a button on an external keyboard. For each expression, children also rated (a) the degree to which they felt the child displaying the expression would like them, (b) the probability that someone at school would look at them with that expression, and (c) their own emotional reaction to interacting with a child displaying the expression. Participants also completed the Children's Shyness Questionnaire and the Children's Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire. We hypothesized that shyness in children would be related to negatively biased interpretations of facial expressions. Although the accuracy with which the children could identify the facial expressions was not related to their degree of shyness, negative biases were found in their interpretations of the meanings of the expressions. Furthermore, rejection sensitivity significantly mediated many of these biased interpretations. These findings may have implications for interventions for children experiencing shyness and social anxiety, especially social-skills training approaches. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01