Table 1.
Characteristics and results of of studies included in the meta-analysis
| Study | N | M age | % Female | Recognition Accuracy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti | C | Anti | C | Anti | C | A | D | F | H | Sa | Su | |
| Percent accuracy data |
Proportion correct (C — Anti) |
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| Psychopathic | ||||||||||||
| Blair, Cipolotti 2000 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 49 | 0 | 0 | −.20 | .01 | .17 | −.02 | .01 | .01 |
| Blair, Coles 2000 | 11 | 10 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 18 | 40 | .26 | .09 | .22 | .00 | .35 | .04 |
| Blair et al. 2001 | 20 | 31 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | .06 | .03 | .26 | .00 | .12 | −.03 |
| Blair et al. 2004 | 19 | 19 | 33.6 | 30.6 | 0 | 0 | −.02 | .06 | .25 | .02 | .00 | .11 |
| Dolan et al. 2006 | 22 | 27 | 35.2 | 35.2 | 0 | 0 | .06 | −.01 | .11 | .06 | .19 | .08 |
| Kosson et al. 2002 | 27 | 27 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 0 | −.11 | .20 | .00 | .01 | .01 | .03 |
| Montagne et al. 2005 | 16 | 16 | — | — | 50 | 44 | −.07 | .11 | .24 | .00 | .06 | −.02 |
| Stevens et al. 2001 | 9 | 9 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 | .16 | — | .28 | .00 | .30 | — |
| Antisocial, not psychopathic | ||||||||||||
| Kropp et al. 1987 | 20 | 20 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 100 | 100 | .33 | — | .36 | .02 | −.01 | .23 |
| Lough et al. 2005 | 18 | 13 | 61 | 57 | 11 | 31 | .38 | .34 | .26 | .06 | .26 | .14 |
| Matheson et al. 2005 | 19 | 15 | 40.1 | 32.1 | 42 | 53 | .08 | −.05 | .01 | .07 | .18 | .21 |
| McCown et al. 1986 | 40 | 40 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 0 | 0 | .11 | .11 | .03 | .07 | .13 | .18 |
| Walker et al. 1994 | 191 | 273 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15 | 21 | .08 | .02 | .29 | .09 | .07 | .05 |
| Walker 1981 | 15 | 15 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 40 | 53 | .02 | −.04 | .11 | .03 | .10 | .04 |
| Walz et al. 1996 | 18 | 21 | 38.6 | 40.3 | 0 | 0 | .00 | −.09 | .15 | −.02 | .09 | .10 |
| Data available only as effect size (r) |
Effect size r |
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| Psychopathic | ||||||||||||
| Dadds et al. 2006** | 76 | — | 12.1 | — | 43 | — | .29 | .01 | .28 | −.11 | −.07 | — |
| Mitchell et al. 2006 | 5 | 5 | 41.4 | 43.6 | 0 | 0 | .3 | .13 | .74 | .12 | .00 | .35 |
| Antisocial, not psychopathic | ||||||||||||
| Carr et al. 2005* | 19 | — | 15.3 | — | 0 | — | −.10 | — | .43 | −.01 | .19 | — |
| Woodbury-Smith et al. 2005 | 21 | 23 | 35.4 | 29.7 | 14 | 13 | −.06 | −.21 | .31 | −.04 | .06 | −.11 |
| Zabel, 1979 | 40 | 51 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 14.1 | 18 | 33 | — | .34 | .34 | — | .22 |
Abbreviations: Anti = Antisocial; C = Comparison.
*
r's represent means of the following correlations: a) child DANVA emotion recognition and empathy, b) child DANVA emotion recognition and violent behavior, c) adult DANVA emotion recognition and empathy, and d) adult DANVA emotion recognition and violent behavior.
**
Mean represent means of child-rated antisocial behavior and callous-unemotional subscales.