TY - JOUR
T1 - Facial emotion recognition in Scottish prisoners
AU - Robinson, Louise
AU - Spencer, Michael D.
AU - Thomson, Lindsay D. G.
AU - Sprengelmeyer, Reiner
AU - Owens, David G. C.
AU - Stanfield, Andrew C.
AU - Hall, Jeremy
AU - Baig, Ben J.
AU - MacIntyre, Donald J.
AU - McKechanie, Andrew
AU - Johnstone, Eve C.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Background: Studies of antisocial populations have found that they show deficits in recognition of facial affect. Such deficits are also found in other populations with clinical conditions such as autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder.Aims: We aimed to investigate the hypothesis that facial affect recognition in the Scottish prison population would differ from matched controls. In addition, we aimed to investigate any relationship between facial affect recognition deficits and offence history.Methods: A sample of serving convicted prisoners, drawn from a larger study, was assessed for ability to recognise facial affect. Other variables were also measured and a self-report offending history obtained.Results: 127 prisoners were assessed in 11 prisons. Male prisoners were significantly worse than age, sex and IQ-matched controls at recognising negative facial emotions, specifically anger, fear, sadness and disgust. Within the sample of prisoners, deficits in fear recognition were associated with a history of previous prison sentences but not previous convictions. With respect to offending history, sex offenders were relatively better at recognising sadness and worse at recognising surprise than the other offenders. These relationships remain after controlling for IQ.Conclusions: Scottish convicted prisoners show deficits in recognising negative facial emotions in a pattern consistent with other antisocial populations. We also demonstrated a relationship between particular patterns of deficit and types of offending history not previously described. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - Background: Studies of antisocial populations have found that they show deficits in recognition of facial affect. Such deficits are also found in other populations with clinical conditions such as autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder.Aims: We aimed to investigate the hypothesis that facial affect recognition in the Scottish prison population would differ from matched controls. In addition, we aimed to investigate any relationship between facial affect recognition deficits and offence history.Methods: A sample of serving convicted prisoners, drawn from a larger study, was assessed for ability to recognise facial affect. Other variables were also measured and a self-report offending history obtained.Results: 127 prisoners were assessed in 11 prisons. Male prisoners were significantly worse than age, sex and IQ-matched controls at recognising negative facial emotions, specifically anger, fear, sadness and disgust. Within the sample of prisoners, deficits in fear recognition were associated with a history of previous prison sentences but not previous convictions. With respect to offending history, sex offenders were relatively better at recognising sadness and worse at recognising surprise than the other offenders. These relationships remain after controlling for IQ.Conclusions: Scottish convicted prisoners show deficits in recognising negative facial emotions in a pattern consistent with other antisocial populations. We also demonstrated a relationship between particular patterns of deficit and types of offending history not previously described. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - Antisocial
KW - Prisoner
KW - Social cognition
KW - Emotion
KW - Offender
KW - CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATHY
KW - EXPRESSIONS
KW - FEAR
KW - ABNORMALITIES
KW - COGNITION
KW - DISORDER
KW - DEFICITS
KW - AUTISM
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84855345917
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijlp.2011.11.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ijlp.2011.11.009
M3 - Article
SN - 0160-2527
VL - 35
SP - 57
EP - 61
JO - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
JF - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -
