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ArticleHeliyon2020

An evaluation of the distribution properties, factor structure, and item response profile of an assessment of emotion recognition.

Karen McKenzie, Aja Murray, Kara Murray, Michael O'Donnell, George C Murray, Dale Metcalfe, Kristofor McCarty

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Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. An exploration of the impact of contextual information on the emotion recognition ability of autistic adults.International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie · 2022
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7 authors.

Karen McKenzieNorthumbria University, United Kingdom.
Aja MurrayEdinburgh University, United Kingdom.
Kara MurrayNHS Lothian, United Kingdom.
Michael O'DonnellNorth Bristol NHS Trust, United Kingdom.
George C MurrayNHS Lothian, United Kingdom.
Dale MetcalfeNorthumbria University, United Kingdom.
Kristofor McCartyNorthumbria University, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many people with developmental disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability have emotion recognition (ER) difficulties compared with typically developing (TD) peers. Accurate assessment of the extent and nature of differences in ER requires an understanding of the response profiles to ER assessment stimuli. We analysed data from 504 TD individuals in response to an ER assessment in respect of distribution properties, factor structure, and item response profile. Eighteen emotion items discriminated better at lower levels of ER ability in TD participants. Neutral expressions were the hardest to interpret; surprise, anger, happy, and bored were easiest. The amount of contextual information in combination with the emotion being depicted also appeared to influence level of difficulty. Similar psychometric research is needed with people with developmental disabilities.

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AssessmentAutism spectrum disorderEmotion recognitionIntellectual disabilityItem response profilePsychology

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PMID32195395
PMCPMC7076041

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