@article{ref1,
title="Recognition of children's emotional facial expressions among mothers reporting a history of childhood maltreatment",
journal="PLoS one",
year="2020",
author="Turgeon, Jessica and Bérubé, Annie and Blais, Caroline and Lemieux, Annie and Fournier, Amélie",
volume="15",
number="12",
pages="e0243083-e0243083",
abstract="Several studies have shown that child maltreatment is associated with both positive and negative effects on the recognition of facial emotions. Research has provided  little evidence of a relation between maltreatment during childhood and young  adults' ability to recognize facial displays of emotion in children, an essential  skill for a sensitive parental response. In this study, we examined the consequences  of different forms of maltreatment experienced in childhood on emotion recognition  during parenthood. Participants included sixty-three mothers of children aged 2 to 5  years. Retrospective self-reports of childhood maltreatment were assessed using the  short form of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Emotion recognition was  measured using a morphed facial emotion identification task of all six basic  emotions (anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise). A Path Analysis  via Structural Equation Model revealed that a history of physical abuse is related  to a decreased ability to recognize both fear and sadness in children, whereas  emotional abuse and sexual abuse are related to a decreased ability to recognize  anger in children. In addition, emotional neglect is associated with an increased  ability to recognize anger, whereas physical neglect is associated with less  accuracy in recognizing happiness in children's facial emotional expressions. These  findings have important clinical implications and expand current understanding of  the consequences of childhood maltreatment on parents' ability to detect children's  needs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-6203",
doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0243083",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243083"
}