How high social anxiety individuals recognize changing facial expressions

タシャ ヒョウジョウ ガ ヘンカスル バメン ニオケル コウタイジン フアンシャ ノ ヒョウジョウ ニンチ

オチアイ, モエコ

Ochiai, Moeko

松井, 豊

マツイ, ユタカ

Matsui, Yutaka

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

表情の変化

表情認知

感情

social anxiety

change of facial expression

facial expression recognition

emotion

This study examined how high social anxiety individuals (HAS) recognize facial expression changing from negative one to positive one. Participants (43 females) were asked to introduce themselves to experimental confederate about three themes. Confederate’s facial expressions were changed. Confederate showed neutral facial expression at the first theme, negative one at the second and positive one at third. Participants rated recognized confederate’s emotions and own emotions after each theme. As a result, there were no differences between HAS and low social anxiety individuals (LAS) in intensity of recognized emotions and own emotions. But there were differences between them in effect of emotions at negative facial expression on subsequent emotions at positive facial expression. While in HAS recognized negative emotion at negative facial expression promoted own negative emotion at positive facial expression, in LAS it promoted own positive emotion at positive facial expression. Results indicated that individuals with high social anxiety could not receive positive change of facial expression.

松井, 豊