title: [Facial expressions of negative emotions in clinical interviews: The development, reliability and validity of a categorical system for the attribution of functions to facial expressions of negative emotions].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The development (Study 1) and validation (Study 2) of a categorical system for the attribution of facial expressions of negative emotions to specific functions.
  
  
  METHODS
  The facial expressions observed inOPDinterviews (OPD-Task-Force 2009) are coded according to the Facial Action Coding System (FACS; Ekman et al. 2002) and attributed to categories of basic emotional displays using EmFACS (Friesen & Ekman 1984). In Study 1 we analyze a partial sample of 20 interviews and postulate 10 categories of functions that can be arranged into three main categories (interactive, self and object). In Study 2 we rate the facial expressions (n=2320) from the OPD interviews (10 minutes each interview) of 80 female subjects (16 healthy, 64 with DSM-IV diagnosis; age: 18-57 years) according to the categorical system and correlate them with problematic relationship experiences (measured with IIP,Horowitz et al. 2000).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Functions of negative facial expressions can be attributed reliably and validly with the RFE-Coding System.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The attribution of interactive, self-related and object-related functions allows for a deeper understanding of the emotional facial expressions of patients with mental disorders.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, A-6020 Innsbruck.
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bock
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peham
authors.forename: Cord
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benecke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions / Q000145:classification*; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Context; FACS Facial Action Coding System; Facial Expressions of Emotions; Function; OPD Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnostics