Emotional Facial Expression Recognition and Expressivity in Type I and Type II Alcohol Dependent Patients

Alcohol dependent patients (ADs) are known to encounter severe interpersonal problems. Nonverbal communication skills are important for the development of healthy relationships. The present study aimed to explore emotional facial expression (EFE) recognition and posed and spontaneous EFE expressivity in male ADs divided into two groups according to Cloninger’s typology and the impact of their interpersonal relationship quality on the potential nonverbal deficits. Twenty type I ADs, twenty-one type II ADs, and twenty control participants took part in an EFE recognition task and an EFE expressivity task that considered personal emotional events (spontaneous expressivity) and EFE in response to a photo or word cue (posed expressivity). Coding was based on judges’ ratings of participants’ emotional facial expressions. Participants additionally completed a questionnaire on interpersonal relationship quality. No difference between the three groups emerged in the EFE recognition task. Type II ADs showed heightened deficits compared with type I ADs in EFE expressivity: Judges perceived less accurate posed EFE in response to a cue word and less intense and positive spontaneous EFE in type II ADs compared to control participants. In addition, type II ADs reported more relationship difficulties compared to both type I ADs and control participants. These interpersonal relationship difficulties were related to some of the EFE expressivity deficits of AD-IIs. This study underlines the important differences between the interpersonal functioning of AD subtypes.     

Combining answers to direct and indirect questions: An implementation of Kuk’s randomized response model

Abstract

In this article, we propose a two folded approach for estimation of the population proportion of a sensitive attribute. The rationale of proposed technique is to give respondents choice if they want to avail randomized device or not. Thus, our technique is inherently capable of entertaining the responses attained through direct questioning and by employing randomization device, as well. We believe that free to choose policy will be helpful to develop a curtsy between interviewer and respondent (which is highly desirable, especially when sensitive issue is under consideration) and thus enhances the survey reliability. The proposed technique is developed for simple random sampling, at first, and then extended to stratified random sampling. The superior performance of proposed technique in comparison to the Kuk (1990 Kuk, A. Y. 1990. Asking sensitive questions indirectly. Biometrika 77 (2):436–8. doi:10.1093/biomet/77.2.436.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) method is demonstrated throughout this article. We provide algebraic, graphical and numerical evidences in support of our proposed technique. Furthermore, we also offer cost analysis considering most commonly used cost functions in the literature of survey research.     

Study of Cases of Child Sexual Abuse Referred for Medico-Legal Examination in Cairo and Giza,Egypt,2007–2011

ABSTRACT

Child sexual abuse is a complex problem that results in detrimental effects on its victims. This study aimed to investigate the pattern of child sexual abuse in cases referred for medico-legal examination in Cairo and Giza governorates in the period between 2007–2011. The study included 813 cases of child sexual abuse. Female gender was more predominant than male gender (52.8%, 4.29 cases), and adolescents were the most frequent age group identified as victims of sexual abuse (43.8%, 356 cases). All perpetrators were male and most of them were persons outside the victims’ families (89.9%, 731 cases). It was recommended to teach and encourage children to tell their caregivers if they have been assaulted and to educate parents and caregivers on how to respond when the child discloses sexual abuse.