Psychopathic Personality Traits, Empathy, and Recognition of Facial Expressions of Emotions
Psychopathic personality traits have been found to be associated with a variety of emotional deficits, including poor facial expression recognition, and reduced capacity to experience empathy. However, research has yielded conflicting results. This study investigated the relationship between psychop...
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ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-su-1723102019-10-18T22:18:23ZPsychopathic Personality Traits, Empathy, and Recognition of Facial Expressions of EmotionsengSundell, JessicaStockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen2019Psychopathic personalityPsychopathyFacal expression recognitionEmpathyPsychologyPsykologiPsychopathic personality traits have been found to be associated with a variety of emotional deficits, including poor facial expression recognition, and reduced capacity to experience empathy. However, research has yielded conflicting results. This study investigated the relationship between psychopathic personality traits, facial emotion recognition, as well as empathy, in a community sample (n = 127), identified as having either low or elevated levels of psychopathic traits. Facial expression recognition was measured using the Hexagon task, which contains morphed facial expressions with two levels of expressivity. Psychopathic traits were assessed using the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory, and empathy was measured with the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. Individuals with elevated psychopathic traits did not display lower accuracy in facial expression recognition compared to the low psychopathic traits group, rather the reverse was found. Weak to strong negative correlations were found between psychopathic traits and empathy. Zero to weak correlations was found between psychopathic traits and expression recognition, as well as between empathy and expression recognition. The results are compared with similar studies, and implications for the study of psychopathy and emotion recognition are discussed. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-172310application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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Psychopathic personality traits have been found to be associated with a variety of emotional deficits, including poor facial expression recognition, and reduced capacity to experience empathy. However, research has yielded conflicting results. This study investigated the relationship between psychopathic personality traits, facial emotion recognition, as well as empathy, in a community sample (n = 127), identified as having either low or elevated levels of psychopathic traits. Facial expression recognition was measured using the Hexagon task, which contains morphed facial expressions with two levels of expressivity. Psychopathic traits were assessed using the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory, and empathy was measured with the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. Individuals with elevated psychopathic traits did not display lower accuracy in facial expression recognition compared to the low psychopathic traits group, rather the reverse was found. Weak to strong negative correlations were found between psychopathic traits and empathy. Zero to weak correlations was found between psychopathic traits and expression recognition, as well as between empathy and expression recognition. The results are compared with similar studies, and implications for the study of psychopathy and emotion recognition are discussed. |
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Sundell, Jessica |
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Sundell, Jessica |
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Psychopathic Personality Traits, Empathy, and Recognition of Facial Expressions of Emotions |
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Psychopathic Personality Traits, Empathy, and Recognition of Facial Expressions of Emotions |
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Psychopathic Personality Traits, Empathy, and Recognition of Facial Expressions of Emotions |
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Psychopathic Personality Traits, Empathy, and Recognition of Facial Expressions of Emotions |
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psychopathic personality traits, empathy, and recognition of facial expressions of emotions |
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Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen |
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