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Brief facial emotional recognition tool for indian population: Development and validation
Sandeep Grover1, Swapnajeet Sahoo1, B N Subodh1
1Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandīgarh, India.
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
|July 15, 2025
Summary
This study developed a brief, culturally relevant facial emotion recognition tool for India. Patients with schizophrenia showed impaired recognition of negative emotions compared to controls.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Psychiatry
Background:
- Facial emotion recognition is crucial for social cognition.
- Culturally specific instruments are needed due to variations in emotional expression.
- Existing Indian tools face limitations, necessitating brief, validated options.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an ecologically valid facial emotion recognition tool.
- To validate this tool for the Indian population.
Main Methods:
- Photographs of seven emotions were collected and shortlisted by experts.
- A final set of 21 images was selected based on high rater concordance.
- The tool was administered to patients with schizophrenia, their relatives, and healthy controls.
Main Results:
- Schizophrenia patients exhibited significantly lower recognition of negative emotions (anger, disgust, fear).
- Biological relatives also showed poorer anger recognition than controls.
- No significant difference in emotion recognition was found between patients and their relatives.
Conclusions:
- The new tool is a brief, reliable, and culturally appropriate measure for facial emotion recognition in India.
- It holds potential utility in clinical and research settings for assessing social cognition.
- The tool aids in understanding emotion recognition deficits in psychiatric populations.
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