Facial emotion processing and recognition among maltreated children: a systematic literature review

Exposure to maltreatment is associated with biological, psychological, and social development impairments in children. This systematic literature review sought to determine whether an association exists between child maltreatment and facial emotion processing and recognition. The search was conducte...

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Published in:	Frontiers in psychology Vol. 5; p. 1460
Main Authors:	da Silva Ferreira, Gabriela C, Crippa, José A S, de Lima Osório, Flávia
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 17-12-2014
Subjects:	Child facial emotion maltreatment processing Psychology recognition review maltreatment recognition processing facial emotion review child
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Summary:	Exposure to maltreatment is associated with biological, psychological, and social development impairments in children. This systematic literature review sought to determine whether an association exists between child maltreatment and facial emotion processing and recognition. The search was conducted using the databases PubMed, PsycINFO, and SciELO using the following keywords: "maltreatment," "adversity," "neglect," "sexual abuse," "emotional abuse," "physical abuse," "child()," "early," "infant," "face," "facial," "recognition," "expression," "emotion()," and "impairment." Seventeen articles were selected and analyzed. Maltreated children tended to exhibit less accuracy in global facial tasks and showed greater reactivity, response bias, and electrophysiological activation of specific brain areas in response to faces expressing negative emotions, especially anger. We concluded that the results of this review are exploratory and non-conclusive due to the small number of studies published and the wide variety of aims and procedures. Those shortcomings notwithstanding, the results indicate definite tendencies and gaps that should be more thoroughly explored in future studies.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 Edited by: Snehlata Jaswal, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India This article was submitted to Cognitive Science, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology. Reviewed by: Tandra Ghose, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany; Stefano Federici, University of Perugia, Italy
ISSN:	1664-1078 1664-1078
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01460