The impact of intimate partner violence on facial emotion recognition among Korean baby boomers
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) can have lasting psychological and cognitive effects, potentially impairing facial emotion recognition (FER). This study examines the accuracy of FER among IPV survivors compared to individuals without IPV experience within the Korean baby boomer generatio...
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| author | Hyunsan Cho June Christoph Kang Hee-Jin Park Yoon Hee Park Yeo Eun Park Intae Hwang Hyo Jin Kang |
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| description | Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) can have lasting psychological and cognitive effects, potentially impairing facial emotion recognition (FER). This study examines the accuracy of FER among IPV survivors compared to individuals without IPV experience within the Korean baby boomer generation, aged 60-69, exploring the relationship between IPV, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and FER abilities.Objective: To assess whether IPV impacts FER accuracy and intensity and to investigate whether symptoms of PTSD moderate this relationship.Method: The study included 80 participants, with 31 % identified as IPV survivors. A self-administered survey collected information on lifetime experiences of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, as well as assessments for PTSD symptoms. Participants completed the Korean Montreal Cognitive Assessment (K-MOCA) and performed 70 FER tasks to evaluate accuracy and intensity of facial emotions. Logistic regressions were used to analyse the relationship between IPV, PTSD symptoms, and FER performance.Results: IPV survivors demonstrated 0.64 times lower accuracy in recognizing overall facial emotions, including anger, sadness, surprise, and neutral expressions Additionally, IPV survivors exhibited significantly lower intensity scores for overall facial expressions. Significant interaction terms between IPV and PTSD symptoms indicate that PTSD symptoms moderate the effect of IPV on the FER, as well as neutral and sad facial expressions.Conclusions: IPV can disrupt one's ability to recognize facial emotions, and PTSD symptoms may moderate this impairment. This highlights the potential benefits of assisting IPV survivors with emotion recognition as part of their recovery process, which could enhance both social connections and their safety. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-548271a7c0ce4ae98bd6dc7e9f4d383d2025-08-20T03:40:57ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology2000-80662025-12-0116110.1080/20008066.2025.2474890The impact of intimate partner violence on facial emotion recognition among Korean baby boomersHyunsan Cho0June Christoph Kang1Hee-Jin Park2Yoon Hee Park3Yeo Eun Park4Intae Hwang5Hyo Jin Kang6BK21 Four R&E Center for Learning Health Systems, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaHealthcare Readiness Institute for Unified Korea, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaMedical Science Research Center, Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Ansan, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaHealthcare Readiness Institute for Unified Korea, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Honam University, Gwangju, Republic of KoreaBackground: Intimate partner violence (IPV) can have lasting psychological and cognitive effects, potentially impairing facial emotion recognition (FER). This study examines the accuracy of FER among IPV survivors compared to individuals without IPV experience within the Korean baby boomer generation, aged 60-69, exploring the relationship between IPV, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and FER abilities.Objective: To assess whether IPV impacts FER accuracy and intensity and to investigate whether symptoms of PTSD moderate this relationship.Method: The study included 80 participants, with 31 % identified as IPV survivors. A self-administered survey collected information on lifetime experiences of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, as well as assessments for PTSD symptoms. Participants completed the Korean Montreal Cognitive Assessment (K-MOCA) and performed 70 FER tasks to evaluate accuracy and intensity of facial emotions. Logistic regressions were used to analyse the relationship between IPV, PTSD symptoms, and FER performance.Results: IPV survivors demonstrated 0.64 times lower accuracy in recognizing overall facial emotions, including anger, sadness, surprise, and neutral expressions Additionally, IPV survivors exhibited significantly lower intensity scores for overall facial expressions. Significant interaction terms between IPV and PTSD symptoms indicate that PTSD symptoms moderate the effect of IPV on the FER, as well as neutral and sad facial expressions.Conclusions: IPV can disrupt one's ability to recognize facial emotions, and PTSD symptoms may moderate this impairment. This highlights the potential benefits of assisting IPV survivors with emotion recognition as part of their recovery process, which could enhance both social connections and their safety.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20008066.2025.2474890Intimate partner violence (IPV)facial emotional recognition (FER)traumapost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)Korean baby-boomerViolencia de pareja |
| spellingShingle | Hyunsan Cho June Christoph Kang Hee-Jin Park Yoon Hee Park Yeo Eun Park Intae Hwang Hyo Jin Kang The impact of intimate partner violence on facial emotion recognition among Korean baby boomers European Journal of Psychotraumatology Intimate partner violence (IPV) facial emotional recognition (FER) trauma post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Korean baby-boomer Violencia de pareja |
| title | The impact of intimate partner violence on facial emotion recognition among Korean baby boomers |
| title_full | The impact of intimate partner violence on facial emotion recognition among Korean baby boomers |
| title_fullStr | The impact of intimate partner violence on facial emotion recognition among Korean baby boomers |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of intimate partner violence on facial emotion recognition among Korean baby boomers |
| title_short | The impact of intimate partner violence on facial emotion recognition among Korean baby boomers |
| title_sort | impact of intimate partner violence on facial emotion recognition among korean baby boomers |
| topic | Intimate partner violence (IPV) facial emotional recognition (FER) trauma post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Korean baby-boomer Violencia de pareja |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20008066.2025.2474890 |
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