Facial emotion recognition,guilt and sub-clinical psychopathic traits: an exploration of mediation effects |
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Authors: | Catherine E. Prado Matt S. Treeby Simon M. Rice Simon F. Crowe |
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Affiliation: | 1.School of Psychology and Public Health,La Trobe University,Bundoora,Australia;2.Centre for Youth Mental Health,The University of Melbourne,Carlton,Australia |
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Abstract: | Psychopathic traits are associated with a variety of emotional difficulties, including poor facial emotion recognition (FER) and reduced capacity to experience guilt. However, the potential mechanisms through which FER and low guilt-proneness are related to the development of psychopathic traits are not well understood. Using a non-clinical sample (N?=?747), this study investigated the relationship between psychopathic traits, FER ability and guilt-proneness by exploring two alternative mediation models investigating: (a) the mediating effect of FER ability on the relationship between psychopathic traits and guilt-proneness, and (b) the mediating effect of psychopathic traits on the relationship between FER ability and guilt-proneness. FER ability did not significantly mediate the relationship between psychopathic traits and guilt-proneness. However, psychopathic traits did partially mediate the relationship between FER and guilt-proneness for the sad, angry, fearful and disgusted expressions. These findings suggest that psychopathic traits are related to a disruption in typical affective processing and the development of pro-social moral self-conscious emotions. |
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