Concurrent Validity Studies of the Facial Discrimination Task

摘要: We examined the concurrent validity properties of Facial Discrimination Task (FDT), an instrument for assessment facial emotion recognition by comparing it with widely used Pictures Affect (PFA). In Study 1, 100 adults heterogeneous psychiatric diagnoses were administered items FDT Emotion Task, Age and PFA. 2, 25 normally developing preschool children instructed to label happy, sad, or neutral expressions from Despite methodological differences between two studies, very similar high correlations found PFA overall correct scores (r = .79 r .77, respectively). The data suggest that measure competencies in preschoolers disorders. This finding is important because establishes child adult populations.