Abstract
Emotion recognition and emotional mimicry are both highly important for social interactions. The authors investigated in a subclinical sample if High Socially Anxious (HSA) individuals show an altered pattern of emotional mimicry, and exhibit difficulties in emotion recognition compared to Low Socially Anxious (LSA) individuals. Twenty-one HSA and 20 LSA participants were exposed to 60 dynamic facial expressions that gradually changed from neutral to full-intensity expressions of happiness, anger, sadness, disgust, or fear. Emotional mimicry was assessed using facial electromyography.
Highlights
Facial mimicry, the imitation of another person’s emotional facial expression [1], and the recognition of others’ expressed emotions are highly important for successful interactions with others
To confirm group differences in social anxiety symptoms indicated with the LSAS, U = 420, p < 0.01, participants completed the Social Interactions Anxiety Scale SIAS [34,35] focusing on difficulties in social interactions, and the Social Phobia Scale SPS [34,35] focusing on the fear of being judged
The aim of the present study was to investigate whether social anxiety is related to emotional mimicry and emotion recognition
Summary
The imitation of another person’s emotional facial expression [1], and the recognition of others’ expressed emotions are highly important for successful interactions with others. It fosters affiliation and liking and serves as “social glue” [2]. The way in which an individual processes and interprets emotional information can be an etiological factor in the development or maintenance of psychopathology [3,4]. Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), a marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which the individual is exposed to possible scrutiny by others [5], is related to reduce social interactions and impaired social support [6].
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