- 期刊
臉部表情辨識：年齡、性別效應與亞斯伯格症患者之表現
Recognition of Facial Expressions: Age and Gender Effects and the Performance of Patients with Aspe Ger's Disorder
摘要
目的：本研究之目的在探討年齡、性別因素對於臉部表情辨識與情緒強度知覺的影響，以及亞斯伯格症患者的臨床表現。 方法：57位一般參與者以及1位亞斯伯格症患者接受「臉部情緒判斷評量表」不同臉部表情照片之呈現，並判斷表情的情緒種類與情緒強度。 結果：兒童在憤怒、悲傷、厭惡、恐懼，青少年在悲傷，老年人在驚訝、厭惡、恐懼等表情的辨識上比成人差。女性在快樂、悲傷、驚訝、厭惡、恐懼等表情的辨識較男性為優。在情緒強度知覺方面並無性別效應，兒童對快樂表情照片的情緒知覺較強烈，對悲傷表情照片則較弱，而老年人則對憤怒表情照片的情緒知覺較強。亞斯伯格症患者在表情辨識的表現上較差，尤其是對於驚訝表情之辨識。 結論：隨著年齡的增長，對於表情辨識的精確性增加，但成年後也隨著年紀的老化而降低。在性別效應方面，女性對於表情的辨識比男性好，但在情緒強度知覺方面則無明顯不同。同時，本研究也以亞斯伯格症患者的表現來支持「臉部情緒判斷評量表」的臨床運用。
並列摘要
Objective: the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of age and gender on the recognition of facial expressions of emotion and the perception of emotional intensity in an effort so better understand the performance of patients with Aspeger's disorder (AD). Method: Five hundred and seventy-one healthy individuals and 14 patients diagnosed with AD viewed an array of facial photographs with different emotional expressions and were asked to categorize the emotions and rate their intensity. Results: Recognition of anger sadness, disgust, and fear by children, recognition of sadness by adolescents, and recognition of surprise, disgust, and fear the elderly was less accurate than the recognition of these emotions by adults, Females were better than males in the recognition of happiness, sadness, surprise, disgust, and fearful facial expressions, No significant gender eff e c were evident in the perception of emotional intensity, The perception of photographs of happiness was rated more intensely in children, but photographs of sadness were considered less intense. In the elderly, anger was rated more intensely than in the other age groups. Recognition of facial expressions by AD patients was less accurate than in the general population, especially expressions of surprise. Conclusion: The accuracy of recognition of facial expressions increased with age, but decreased in the elderly. The ability to recognize facial expressions was better in females than in males, but this gender effect did not apply to the perception of emotional intensity. The performance results in AD patients as detailed herein support the clinical utility of photographs of facial expressions as an assessment tool.