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Table 5 Proportion of AUs in the sadness condition (EMOmim task)

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

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

Group effect (Wald Chi-Square test)

Pairwise comparisons (Wald test)

FACIAL

Joy

0.184 (0.128)

0.182 (0.108)

0.166 (0.144)

0.216 (0.114)

0.200 (0.118)

ns

 

Sadness*

0.131 (0.091)

0.143 (0.064)

0.107 (0.107)

0.246 (0.127)

0.203 (0.119)

p = .030

UPD / DEL < DA / CA

Anger

0.177 (0.133)

0.194 (0.096)

0.154 (0.166)

0.286 (0.170)

0.244 (0.149)

p = .090

UPD < CA

Fear

0.107 (0.173)

0.060 (0.112)

0.112 (0.205)

0.100 (0.145)

0.077 (0.163)

ns

 

BODILY

Joy

0.067 (0.137)

0.090 (0.157)

0.027 (0.097)

0.080 (0.147)

0.110 (0.160)

ns

 

Sadness*

0.070 (0.115)

0.113 (0.130)

0.043 (0.098)

0.180 (0.235)

0.188 (0.185)

p = .045

UPD < DA / CA

Anger

0.051 (0.109)

0.026 (0.086)

0.083 (0.129)

0.017 (0.047)

0.036 (0.076)

p = .091

UPD < CA

Fear

0.040 (0.087)

0.030 (0.067)

0.042 (0.103)

0.027 (0.062)

0.020 (0.057)

ns

 
  1. 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