Recognition of Facial Emotions among Maltreated Children with High Rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Masten, Carrie L.; Guyer, Amanda E.; Hodgdon, Hilary B.; McClure, Erin B.; Charney, Dennis S.; Ernst, Monique; Kaufman, Joan; Pine, Daniel S.; Monk, Christopher S.
Titel	Recognition of Facial Emotions among Maltreated Children with High Rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 32 (2008) 1, S.139-153 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.09.006
Schlagwörter	Reaction Time; Child Abuse; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Emotional Response; Nonverbal Communication; Correlation; Emotional Development; Foster Care; Fear; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reaktionsvermögen; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Emotionales Verhalten; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Korrelation; Gefühlsbildung; Pflegehilfe; Furcht
Abstract	Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine processing of facial emotions in a sample of maltreated children showing high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Maltreatment during childhood has been associated independently with both atypical processing of emotion and the development of PTSD. However, research has provided little evidence indicating how high rates of PTSD might relate to maltreated children's processing of emotions. Method: Participants' reaction time and labeling of emotions were measured using a morphed facial emotion identification task. Participants included a diverse sample of maltreated children with and without PTSD and controls ranging in age from 8 to 15 years. Maltreated children had been removed from their homes and placed in state custody following experiences of maltreatment. Diagnoses of PTSD and other disorders were determined through combination of parent, child, and teacher reports. Results: Maltreated children displayed faster reaction times than controls when labeling emotional facial expressions, and this result was most pronounced for fearful faces. Relative to children who were not maltreated, maltreated children both with and without PTSD showed enhanced response times when identifying fearful faces. There was no group difference in labeling of emotions when identifying different facial emotions. Conclusions: Maltreated children show heightened ability to identify fearful faces, evidenced by faster reaction times relative to controls. This association between maltreatment and atypical processing of emotion is independent of PTSD diagnosis. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10