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Stability of Facial Affective Expressions in Schizophrenia
Joint Authors
Merten, J.
Preisler, G.
Werbart, A.
Spang, J.
Fatouros-Bergman, H.
Source
Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-03-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Thirty-two videorecorded interviews were conducted by two interviewers with eight patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Each patient was interviewed four times: three weekly interviews by the first interviewer and one additional interview by the second interviewer.
64 selected sequences where the patients were speaking about psychotic experiences were scored for facial affective behaviour with Emotion Facial Action Coding System (EMFACS).
In accordance with previous research, the results show that patients diagnosed with schizophrenia express negative facial affectivity.
Facial affective behaviour seems not to be dependent on temporality, since within-subjects ANOVA revealed no substantial changes in the amount of affects displayed across the weekly interview occasions.
Whereas previous findings found contempt to be the most frequent affect in patients, in the present material disgust was as common, but depended on the interviewer.
The results suggest that facial affectivity in these patients is primarily dominated by the negative emotions of disgust and, to a lesser extent, contempt and implies that this seems to be a fairly stable feature.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Fatouros-Bergman, H.& Spang, J.& Merten, J.& Preisler, G.& Werbart, A.. 2012. Stability of Facial Affective Expressions in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research and Treatment،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Fatouros-Bergman, H.…[et al.]. Stability of Facial Affective Expressions in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research and Treatment No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Fatouros-Bergman, H.& Spang, J.& Merten, J.& Preisler, G.& Werbart, A.. Stability of Facial Affective Expressions in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research and Treatment. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-504663
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-504663