The Facial Expression Coding System (FACES): Development, Validation, and Utility

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-224

  Kring, Ann M ^a   Sloan, Denise M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Center for PTSD   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; emotion; FACES; facial expression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION CODING SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 34548023695     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.19.2.210     Document Type: Article

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