Modern Psychological Studies
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
2
Number
2
Page Numbers
pages 18-23
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
1994
Abstract
Twenty-two children, 18 boys and 4 girls, classified as socially and emotionally disturbed (SED) were compared with 19 children, 6 boys and 13 girls, without social and emotional disturbances on their ability to match pictures depicting six basic emotions (as identified by Ekman and Friesen, 1975) which were accompanied by a story about that emotion. The children were matched by chronological age ranging from 8.1 to 12.4 years of age. A difference between the two groups was noted and was significant at the .04 level for a one-tailed test. A Tukey test of pairwise comparisons was also performed and a strong difference between happy and sad was noted for the partial-hospitalization SED group. The normal group showed a difference among many of the emotions. The results of this study support research showing a significant difference between normal children and those with various mental handicaps in their ability to correctly recognize six basic facial expressions.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
6 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 2 no. 2 1994
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Bollman, Janice E.
(1994)
"Recognition of facial expressions by socially and emotionally disturbed children,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 2:
No.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol2/iss2/5
Department
Dept. of Psychology