title: Facial emotion recognition in trait anxiety.
abstract: The study investigated the relationship between recognition of emotional facial expressions and trait anxiety. A nonclinical sample of 19 participants with high-trait anxiety was selected, using the trait version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and compared with a sample of 20 participants with low-trait anxiety on a facial expression recognition task. Visual stimuli were 42 faces, representing seven emotional expressions: anger, sadness, happiness, fear, surprise, disgust and neutral. Participants had to identify the emotion portrayed by each face. Results showed that participants with high-trait anxiety recognized fear faces significantly better while the two groups did not differ in recognition of other facial expressions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, v.le Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Surcinelli
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Codispoti
authors.forename: Ornella
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Montebarocci
authors.forename: Nicolino
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baldaro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005149:Facial Expression; D006801:Humans; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires