Collins M, Nowicki S
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA.
J Genet Psychol. 2001 Sep;162(3):334-46. doi: 10.1080/00221320109597487.
This study examined whether African American children's ability to identify emotion in the facial expressions and tones of voice of European American stimuli was comparable to their European American peers and related to personality, social competence, and achievement. The Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy (DANVA ; Nowicki & Duke, 1994) was administered to 84 African American children. It was found that they performed less accurately on adult and child tones of voice and adult facial expressions. Further, girls' ability to read emotion in tones of voice was related to better social competence and achievement, whereas boys' ability to identify emotion in adult tones of voice was related to teacher-rated social competence. Results suggest that more research is needed with ethnic groups to clarify the impact of nonverbal processing skills on social and achievement outcomes.
本研究考察了非裔美国儿童识别欧美刺激物面部表情和语音语调中情绪的能力是否与其欧美同龄人相当，以及是否与个性、社会能力和学业成绩相关。对84名非裔美国儿童进行了非言语准确性诊断分析（DANVA；诺维基和杜克，1994年）。结果发现，他们在成人和儿童语音语调以及成人面部表情方面的表现准确性较低。此外，女孩从语音语调中读取情绪的能力与更好的社会能力和学业成绩相关，而男孩识别成人语音语调中情绪的能力与教师评定的社会能力相关。结果表明，需要对不同种族群体进行更多研究，以阐明非言语加工技能对社会和学业成绩结果的影响。
