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Graphical representations of adolescents' psychophysiological reactivity to social stressor tasks: Reliability and validity of the Chernoff Face approach and person-centered profiles for clinical use
Psychological assessment, v 29(4), pp 422-434
Apr 2017
PMID: 27427942
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Abstract
Low-cost methods exist for measuring physiology when clinically assessing adolescent social anxiety. Two barriers to widespread use involve lack of (a) physiological expertise among mental health professionals, and (b) techniques for modeling individual-level physiological profiles. We require a "bridge approach" for interpreting physiology that does not require users to have a physiological background to make judgments, and is amenable to developing individual-level physiological profiles. One method-Chernoff Faces-involves graphically representing data using human facial features (eyes, nose, mouth, face shape), thus capitalizing on humans' abilities to detect even subtle variations among facial features. We examined 327 adolescents from the Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS) study who completed baseline social anxiety self-reports and physiological assessments within the social scenarios of the Groningen Social Stressor Task (GSST). Using heart rate (HR) norms and Chernoff Faces, 2 naïve coders made judgments about graphically represented HR data and HR norms. For each adolescent, coders made 4 judgments about the features of 2 Chernoff Faces: (a) HR within the GSST and (b) aged-matched HR norms. Coders' judgments reliably and accurately identified elevated HR relative to norms. Using latent class analyses, we identified 3 profiles of Chernoff Face judgments: (a) consistently below HR norms across scenarios (n = 193); (b) above HR norms mainly when speech making (n = 35); or (c) consistently above HR norms across scenarios (n = 99). Chernoff Face judgments displayed validity evidence in relation to self-reported social anxiety and resting HR variability. This study has important implications for implementing physiology within adolescent social anxiety assessments. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- Title
- Graphical representations of adolescents' psychophysiological reactivity to social stressor tasks: Reliability and validity of the Chernoff Face approach and person-centered profiles for clinical use
- Creators
- Andres De Los Reyes - Comprehensive Assessment and Intervention Program, Department of Psychology, University of MarylandAmelia Aldao - The Ohio State UniversityNoor Qasmieh - Comprehensive Assessment and Intervention Program, Department of Psychology, University of MarylandEmily J Dunn - The Ohio State UniversityMelanie F Lipton - Comprehensive Assessment and Intervention Program, Department of Psychology, University of MarylandCatharina Hartman - University Medical Center GroningenEric A Youngstrom - Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North CarolinaLea R Dougherty - University of Maryland, College ParkMatthew D Lerner - Stony Brook University
- Publication Details
- Psychological assessment, v 29(4), pp 422-434
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000398778400006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84978757614
- Other Identifier
- 991021861850304721
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- Psychology, Clinical