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The misclassification of facial expressions in generalised social phobia.
J Anxiety Disord. 2011 Mar; 25(2):278-83.JA

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate facial expression recognition (FER) accuracy in social phobia and in particular to explore how facial expressions of emotion were misclassified. We hypothesised that compared with healthy controls, subjects with social phobia would be no less accurate in their identification of facial emotions (as reported in previous studies) but that they would misclassify facial expressions as expressing threatening emotions (anger, fear or disgust). Thirty individuals with social phobia and twenty-seven healthy controls completed a FER task which featured six basic emotions morphed using computer techniques between 0 percent (neutral) and 100 percent intensity (full emotion). Supporting our hypotheses we found no differences between the groups on measures of the accuracy of emotion recognition but that compared with healthy controls the social phobia group were more likely both to misclassify facial expressions as angry and to interpret neutral facial expressions as angry. The healthy control group were more likely to misclassify neutral expressions as sad. The importance of the role of these biases in social phobia needs further replication but may help in understanding the disorder and provide an interesting area for future research and therapy.

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Bell C
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. caroline.bell@otago.ac.nz
Bourke C
No affiliation info available
Colhoun H
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Carter F
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Frampton C
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Porter R
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MeSH

AdultAnalysis of VarianceEmotionsFacial ExpressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhobic DisordersRecognition, Psychology

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

21041060

Citation

Bell, C, et al. "The Misclassification of Facial Expressions in Generalised Social Phobia." Journal of Anxiety Disorders, vol. 25, no. 2, 2011, pp. 278-83.
Bell C, Bourke C, Colhoun H, et al. The misclassification of facial expressions in generalised social phobia. J Anxiety Disord. 2011;25(2):278-83.
Bell, C., Bourke, C., Colhoun, H., Carter, F., Frampton, C., & Porter, R. (2011). The misclassification of facial expressions in generalised social phobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25(2), 278-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.10.001
Bell C, et al. The Misclassification of Facial Expressions in Generalised Social Phobia. J Anxiety Disord. 2011;25(2):278-83. PubMed PMID: 21041060.
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