Korean Facial Emotion Recognition Tasks for Schizophrenia Research.
- Author:
Yong Chun BAHK
1
;
Seon Keong JANG
;
Jee Ye LEE
;
Kee Hong CHOI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Facial emotion recognition; Facial emotion identification; Facial emotion discrimination; Social cognition; Schizophrenia
- MeSH: Discrimination (Psychology); Facial Expression; Humans; Korea; Psychometrics; Schizophrenia*; Social Behavior; Trail Making Test
- From:Psychiatry Investigation 2015;12(2):235-241
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Despite the fact that facial emotion recognition (FER) tasks using Western faces should be applied with caution to non-Western participants or patients, there are few psychometrically sound and validated FER tasks featuring Easterners' facial expressions for emotions. Thus, we aimed to develop and establish the psychometric properties of the Korean Facial Emotion Identification Task (K-FEIT) and the Korean Facial Emotion Discrimination Task (K-FEDT) for individuals with schizophrenia. METHODS: The K-FEIT and K-FEDT were administered to 42 Korean individuals with schizophrenia to evaluate their psychometric properties. To test the convergent and divergent validities, the Social Behavior Sequencing Task (SBST) and hinting task were administered as social-cognitive measures, and the Trail Making Test (TMT)-A and -B were administered as neurocognitive measures. RESULTS: Average accuracy on the K-FEIT and K-FEDT were 63% and 74%, respectively, and internal consistencies of the K-FEIT and K-FEDT were 0.82 and 0.95, respectively. The K-FEIT and K-FEDT were significantly correlated with SBST and Hinting Task, but not with TMT-A and B. CONCLUSION: Following replication studies in a larger sample, the K-FEIT and K-FEDT are expected to facilitate future studies targeting facial emotion recognition in schizophrenia in Korea. Limitations and directions for future research are discussed.
