Camras Linda A, Bakeman Roger, Chen Yinghe, Norris Katherine, Cain Thomas R
Department of Psychology, DePaul University.
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University.
Emotion. 2006 Feb;6(1):103-114. doi: 10.1037/1528-3542.6.1.103.
This investigation extends previous research documenting differences in Chinese and European American infants' facial expressivity. Chinese girls adopted by European American families, nonadopted Mainland Chinese girls, nonadopted Chinese American girls, and nonadopted European American girls responded to emotionally evocative slides and an odor stimulus. European American girls smiled more than Mainland Chinese and Chinese American girls and scored higher than Mainland Chinese girls for disgust-related expressions and overall expressivity. Adopted Chinese girls produced more disgust-related expressions than Mainland Chinese girls. Self-reported maternal strictness, aggravation, positive expressiveness, and cultural identification correlated with children's facial responses, as did number of siblings and adults in the home. Results suggest that culture and family environment influences facial expressivity, creating differences among children of the same ethnicity.
这项调查扩展了之前的研究，该研究记录了中国和欧美婴儿面部表情的差异。被欧美家庭收养的中国女孩、未被收养的中国大陆女孩、未被收养的华裔美国女孩以及未被收养的欧美女孩对引发情绪的幻灯片和气味刺激做出了反应。欧美女孩比中国大陆和华裔美国女孩笑得更多，在与厌恶相关的表情和整体表情方面得分高于中国大陆女孩。被收养的中国女孩比中国大陆女孩产生了更多与厌恶相关的表情。自我报告的母亲的严格程度、易怒程度、积极表现力和文化认同与孩子的面部反应相关，家中的兄弟姐妹数量和成年人数量也与之相关。结果表明，文化和家庭环境会影响面部表情，在同一种族的儿童之间造成差异。
