Equivocal expression of emotions in children with Prader-Willi syndrome: what are the consequences for emotional abilities and social adjustment?

Table 4 Proportion of AUs in the anger condition (EMOmim task)

Modality	Emotion pattern	All-PWS (N = 25)	PWS-DEL (N = 11)	PWS-UPD (N = 12)	TD-CA (N = 25)	TD-DA (N = 25)	GLM analyses
Modality	Emotion pattern	All-PWS (N = 25)	PWS-DEL (N = 11)	PWS-UPD (N = 12)	TD-CA (N = 25)	TD-DA (N = 25)	Group effect (Wald Chi-Square test)	Pairwise comparisons (Wald test)
FACIAL	Joy	0.192 (0.122)	0.236 (0.120)	0.166 (0.116)	0.200 (0.100)	0.184 (0.116)	ns
	Sadness	0.166 (0.129)	0.194 (0.131)	0.143 (0.121)	0.263 (0.129)	0.280 (0.136)	p = .054	UPD < DA / CA
	Anger*	0.234 (0.184)	0.324 (0.203)	0.167 (0.134)	0.417 (0.164)	0.363 (0.179)	p < .001	UPD < DEL / DA / CA
	Fear	0.107 (0.135)	0.075 (0.115)	0.112 (0.148)	0.126 (0.155)	0.167 (0.138)	ns
BODILY	Joy	0.080 (0.147)	0.090 (0.157)	0.057 (0.130)	0.053 (0.123)	0.140 (0.193)	ns
	Sadness	0.060 (0.110)	0.068 (0.118)	0.063 (0.113)	0.090 (0.143)	0.083 (0.140)	ns
	Anger*	0.080 (0.101)	0.079 (0.117)	0.083 (0.096)	0.149 (0.127)	0.107 (0.153)	ns
	Fear	0.053 (0.080)	0.045 (0.078)	0.042 (0.075)	0.073 (0.085)	0.077 (0.085)	ns

Legend. Means (SDs) proportion of AUs from each emotional expression pattern in the children’s facial and bodily productions and summary results of GLM analyses. *Target emotion; ns not significant

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