Using the circumplex model of affect to study valence and arousal ratings of emotional faces by children and adults with autism spectrum disorders

Angela Tseng; Ravi Bansal; Jun Liu; Andrew J. Gerber; Suzanne Goh; Jonathan Posner; Tiziano Colibazzi; Molly Algermissen; I. Chin Chiang; James A. Russell; Bradley S. Peterson

doi:10.1007/s10803-013-1993-6

Using the circumplex model of affect to study valence and arousal ratings of emotional faces by children and adults with autism spectrum disorders

Angela Tseng, Ravi Bansal, Jun Liu, Andrew J. Gerber, Suzanne Goh, Jonathan Posner, Tiziano Colibazzi, Molly Algermissen, I. Chin Chiang, James A. Russell, Bradley S. Peterson

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Abstract

The Affective Circumplex Model holds that emotions can be described as linear combinations of two underlying, independent neurophysiological systems (arousal, valence). Given research suggesting individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have difficulty processing emotions, we used the circumplex model to compare how individuals with ASD and typically-developing (TD) individuals respond to facial emotions. Participants (51 ASD, 80 TD) rated facial expressions along arousal and valence dimensions; we fitted closed, smooth, 2-dimensional curves to their ratings to examine overall circumplex contours. We modeled individual and group influences on parameters describing curve contours to identify differences in dimensional effects across groups. Significant main effects of diagnosis indicated the ASD-group's ratings were constricted for the entire circumplex, suggesting range constriction across all emotions. Findings did not change when covarying for overall intelligence.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1332-1346
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	44
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1993-6
State	Published - Jun 2014

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Acknowledgments This work was supported in part by NIMH grants MH36197, and MHK02-74677, T32-MH16434, T32-MH18264, funding from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, and the Suzanne Crosby Murphy Endowment at Columbia University.

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Arousal
Autism spectrum disorders
Circumplex model of affect
Facial emotion
Valence

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Tseng, A., Bansal, R., Liu, J., Gerber, A. J., Goh, S., Posner, J., Colibazzi, T., Algermissen, M., Chiang, I. C., Russell, J. A., & Peterson, B. S. (2014). Using the circumplex model of affect to study valence and arousal ratings of emotional faces by children and adults with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(6), 1332-1346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1993-6

Tseng, A, Bansal, R, Liu, J, Gerber, AJ, Goh, S, Posner, J, Colibazzi, T, Algermissen, M, Chiang, IC, Russell, JA & Peterson, BS 2014, 'Using the circumplex model of affect to study valence and arousal ratings of emotional faces by children and adults with autism spectrum disorders', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 1332-1346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1993-6

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