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01-06-2009 | Original Article

Identification of Emotionally Ambiguous Interpersonal Stimuli Among Dysphoric and Nondysphoric Individuals

Auteurs: Christopher G. Beevers, Tony T. Wells, Alissa J. Ellis, Kathryn Fischer

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 3/2009

Abstract

This study examined whether dysphoria influences the identification of non-ambiguous and ambiguous facial expressions of emotion. Dysphoric and non-dysphoric college students viewed a series of human faces expressing sadness, happiness, anger, and fear that were morphed with each other to varying degrees. Dysphoric and non-dysphoric individuals identified prototypical emotional expressions similarly. However, when viewing ambiguous faces, dysphoric individuals were more likely to identify sadness when mixed with happiness than non-dysphoric individuals. A similar but less robust pattern was observed for facial expressions that combined fear and happiness. No group differences in emotion identification were observed for faces that combined sadness and anger or fear and anger. Dysphoria appears to enhance the identification of negative emotion in others when positive emotion is also present. This tendency may contribute to some of the interpersonal difficulties often experienced by dysphoric individuals.

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We examined reaction time data to determine whether participants had longer latencies to identify the ambiguous morphed faces than the prototypical emotion expressions. In short, facial expressions in the middle of the continuum took significantly longer to identify than the prototype emotions, suggesting that those images were indeed more ambiguous.

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Titel: Identification of Emotionally Ambiguous Interpersonal Stimuli Among Dysphoric and Nondysphoric Individuals
Auteurs: Christopher G. Beevers
Tony T. Wells
Alissa J. Ellis
Kathryn Fischer
Publicatiedatum: 01-06-2009
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-008-9198-6

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