Study on the correlation between personality character and facial emotion cognition

Abstract

Objective To explore the relationship between personality traits and facial emotion recognition. Methods By opening recruitment, 268 health undergraduates were measured using Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and JACFEE facial emotion recognition test. Correlation analysis was administrated between different gender, personality dimensions and facial emotion recognition ability. Results Female had better emotion recognition ability than male((44.18±5.83) vs (41.88±6.79), t=-2.976, P=0.003). There were significant differences among recognition frequency of no-expression picture to other basic facial emotions(χ2=37.877, P=0.004). There were correlative relations between personality dimensions and facial emotion recognition. Among choleric temperament personality, P dimension had negative correlation with fear emotion(r=-0.223, P=0.028). N dimension had negative correlation with fear emotion(r=-0.253, P=0.013). Among sanguineous temperament personality, E dimension had negative correlation with contempt emotion(r=-0.258, P=0.027), and P dimension had positive correlation with contempt emotion(r=-0.239, P=0.042). Among melancholic temperament, E dimension had positive correlation with fear emotion(r=0.283, P=0.023), and P dimension had positive correlation with amazing emotion(r=0.299, P=0.016). Among phlegmatic temperament, there was no any correlation between personality dimension and emotion recognization. Conclusion Female has better emotion recognition ability than male. There is cognitive tendency between personality character and emotion recognition. Key words: Personality traits; Emotion; JACFEE facial emotion recognized system