Differences in emotion knowledge among Filipino deaf children, adolescents, and young adults. (October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: de Gracia, Ma. Regina Laya; de Rosnay, Marc; Hawes, David J.; Perez, Maria Veronica Templo
• Is Part Of: Personality and individual differences. Volume 180(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-10
• Subjects: Affective recognition -- Emotion understanding -- Filipino -- Deaf; Personality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Personality Development -- Periodicals; Personnalité -- Périodiques; Individualité -- Périodiques; 155.205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110967
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0191-8869

Abstract

Abstract: Developmental evidence regarding emotion knowledge and deafness has come almost exclusively from Western populations. In this study, we examined associations between deafness, emotion understanding (EU), and affective recognition and labelling (ARL) in deaf and hearing individuals from the Philippines. A sample of 205 Filipino participants (102 deaf; ages 8 to 22 years) completed the Diagnostic Assessment of Non-Verbal Ability – 2 and the Test of Emotion Comprehension to measure ARL and EU, respectively. Results from hierarchical linear regressions show that, after controlling for age and verbal ability, both groups were on par on total ARL skills. In contrast, the deaf cohort performed poorer on total EU relative to the hearing controls over and above age and verbal ability. Several possible explanations for findings were also discussed. Highlights: Filipino deaf persons struggle with mentalistic perspective-taking tasks. Filipino deaf persons do well in tasks that rely largely on perceptual skills. Deaf persons are poorer in emotion understanding tasks than hearing counterparts. Deaf and hearing people are on par in affective recognition and labelling tasks. Hearing status impacts emotion understanding over and above age and verbal ability.