Psychopathy in youth and facial affect recognition: a multi-morph investigation

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dc.contributorAllen, Rebecca S.
dc.contributorChurch, Wesley T.
dc.contributor.advisorSalekin, Randall T.
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Elizabeth Walton
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T16:35:05Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T16:35:05Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractIn attempting to develop explanatory models for the psychopathic individuals, concern has been expressed regarding psychopathic individuals' ability to accurately recognize emotions in others. When examining the ability of psychopathic individuals to correctly identify facial displays of emotions, researchers have found a myriad of results, and thus, this relation between psychopathy and emotion recognition remains relatively unclear. A popular theoretical model, the Violence Inhibition Model, by Blair (1995) addresses the ability of psychopathic individuals to identify emotional displays and was examined in light of previous and current findings. The current study tested the relation between psychopathy and emotion affect using the Psychopath Checklist: Youth Version and the Multi-morph task for displaying gradation of emotions across a specific time frame. History of abuse was examined as a potential variable moderating the relationship. The findings from the current study backed the notion that psychopathic individuals have a deficit in processing fear, but this finding was only true for boys. Girls were found to have higher scores in social deviance characteristics and better recognition of fearful emotions. Other hypotheses regarding the speed of processing and the relative impact on scores of psychopathy, as well as abuse history only evidenced partial support. Gender discrepancies are discussed in light of the current findings.en_US
dc.format.extent58 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0001057
dc.identifier.otherAdams_alatus_0004M_11162
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/1539
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
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dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectClinical psychology
dc.titlePsychopathy in youth and facial affect recognition: a multi-morph investigationen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Psychology
etdms.degree.disciplinePsychology
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.levelmaster's
etdms.degree.nameM.A.
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