Making faces: posed facial expression, self-competence, and personality.
This study examined the relationships between posed facial expression, childrens' perceived self-competence, and teachers' perceptions of competence. Third- and fifth-grade children completed the Self-Perception Profile for Children, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, and the Junior Self-Monitoring Scale for Children. Individual differences in posing accuracy were determined with a videotaped acting task. Children who were more able to produce prototypical expressions obtained higher teacher ratings of academic competence; however, posing ability bore little relationship to children's self-competence. Gender differences in feelings of self-competence, but not in sending ability, were observed. Extraversion and self-monitoring were unrelated to ability to pose emotional expressions.
College of Business, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-2603.
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D000124:Achievement; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D014743:Videotape Recording