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Papers by anita sheerha
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, Aug 5, 2022
Background: Emotional facial expression database, used in emotion regulation studies, is a specia... more Background: Emotional facial expression database, used in emotion regulation studies, is a special set of pictures with high social and biological relevance. We present the AIIMS Facial Toolbox for Emotion Recognition (AFTER) database. It consists of pictures of 15 adult professional artists displaying seven facial expressions—neutral, happiness, anger, sadness, disgust, fear, and surprise. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 15 volunteer students from a professional drama college in India (six males and nine females; mean age = 26.2 ± 1.93 years). They were instructed to pose with different emotional expressions in high and low intensity. A total of 240 pictures were captured in a brightly lit room against a common, light background. Each picture was validated independently by 19 mental health professionals and two professional teachers of dramatic art. Apart from recognition of emotional quality, ratings were done for each emotion on a 5-point Likert scale with respect to three dimensions—intensity, clarity, and genuineness. Results are discussed in terms of mean scores on all four parameters. Results: The percentage hit rate for all the emotions, after exclusion of contempt, was 84.3%, with the mean kappa for emotional expression being 0.68. Mean scores on intensity, clarity, and genuineness of the emotions depicted in the pictures were high. Conclusions: The database would be useful in the Indian context for researching facial emotion recognition. It has been validated among a group of experts and was found to have high inter-rater reliability.
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Background: Emotional facial expression database, used in emotion regulation studies, is a specia... more Background: Emotional facial expression database, used in emotion regulation studies, is a special set of pictures with high social and biological relevance. We present the AIIMS Facial Toolbox for Emotion Recognition (AFTER) database. It consists of pictures of 15 adult professional artists displaying seven facial expressions—neutral, happiness, anger, sadness, disgust, fear, and surprise. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 15 volunteer students from a professional drama college in India (six males and nine females; mean age = 26.2 ± 1.93 years). They were instructed to pose with different emotional expressions in high and low intensity. A total of 240 pictures were captured in a brightly lit room against a common, light background. Each picture was validated independently by 19 mental health professionals and two professional teachers of dramatic art. Apart from recognition of emotional quality, ratings were done for each emotion on a 5-point Likert scale with respect to...
Indian journal of positive psychology, 2016
Positive visualizations"A picture is worth a thousand words.''This phrase is certain... more Positive visualizations"A picture is worth a thousand words.''This phrase is certainly true in the case of visualization. Visualization, a form of self-hypnosis, is a tool anyone can use to help foster healing. By providing positive pictures (creative imagery) and self-suggestion, visualization can change emotions that subsequently have a physical effect on the body.Our belief system is based upon the accumulation of verbal and non-verbal suggestions that have been gathered throughout our life experience. Through patterns of repetition and its associated rewards and punishment we learn to create our own perception of reality. In essence, we therefore become what we think. In healing, repetitive use of positive visualization allows access to the mind-body connection. This lets the mind and body work together to foster the healing process of the body on a physical level. The mind and body connection works in the following manner: When we have an emotion it generates a fee...
IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review, 2017
The aim of the research is to compare the coping resources of counseling and non-counseling centr... more The aim of the research is to compare the coping resources of counseling and non-counseling centre clients using the Coping Resources Inventory by Hammer and Marting (1983). It was administered on 96 college going students:48 counseling seeking and 48 normal individuals. Coping resource inventory classify cognitive, social, emotional, spiritual/philosophical and physical resources that are currently available to individuals for managing stress. The scores are interpreted and discussed with two profile, that is, ipsative profile in which it was inferred that the participant scored highest on the emotional coping resource (35.2-46.8) indicating that she is more likely to use this resource in order to deal with harsh or stressful situations, and the normative profile to compare the coping resources of counseling and non-counseling centre clients. It was found that Cognitive t(94) 7.0876, p<0.0001, Social t(94)=9.2974, p<0.0001. Emotional t(94)=6.1020, p<0.0001 and Spiritual t(...
Emotions are several subjectively experienced, affect-laden states, the ontological status of eac... more Emotions are several subjectively experienced, affect-laden states, the ontological status of each being established by a label, and the meaning of which is arrived at by simple consensus. Emotions are the cornerstones of our social worlds, affecting our interaction with others in countless ways. The following research seeks to explain different patterns of emotional regulation in a cross-cultural context. Culture provides meaning to the intent and the demonstrated behavior. The study has established significant differences amongst two cultures: collectivistic and individualistic using various questionnaires. In this cross-cultural study, variables like expressive suppression, negative emotions, emotional clarity, impulse strength of emotions, goal-directedness, and acceptance of emotional responses are studied. The study makes use of quantitative methods to establish the relationships between the variables and the cultural contexts of the participants (N=60). Significant difference...
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, Aug 5, 2022
Background: Emotional facial expression database, used in emotion regulation studies, is a specia... more Background: Emotional facial expression database, used in emotion regulation studies, is a special set of pictures with high social and biological relevance. We present the AIIMS Facial Toolbox for Emotion Recognition (AFTER) database. It consists of pictures of 15 adult professional artists displaying seven facial expressions—neutral, happiness, anger, sadness, disgust, fear, and surprise. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 15 volunteer students from a professional drama college in India (six males and nine females; mean age = 26.2 ± 1.93 years). They were instructed to pose with different emotional expressions in high and low intensity. A total of 240 pictures were captured in a brightly lit room against a common, light background. Each picture was validated independently by 19 mental health professionals and two professional teachers of dramatic art. Apart from recognition of emotional quality, ratings were done for each emotion on a 5-point Likert scale with respect to three dimensions—intensity, clarity, and genuineness. Results are discussed in terms of mean scores on all four parameters. Results: The percentage hit rate for all the emotions, after exclusion of contempt, was 84.3%, with the mean kappa for emotional expression being 0.68. Mean scores on intensity, clarity, and genuineness of the emotions depicted in the pictures were high. Conclusions: The database would be useful in the Indian context for researching facial emotion recognition. It has been validated among a group of experts and was found to have high inter-rater reliability.
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Background: Emotional facial expression database, used in emotion regulation studies, is a specia... more Background: Emotional facial expression database, used in emotion regulation studies, is a special set of pictures with high social and biological relevance. We present the AIIMS Facial Toolbox for Emotion Recognition (AFTER) database. It consists of pictures of 15 adult professional artists displaying seven facial expressions—neutral, happiness, anger, sadness, disgust, fear, and surprise. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 15 volunteer students from a professional drama college in India (six males and nine females; mean age = 26.2 ± 1.93 years). They were instructed to pose with different emotional expressions in high and low intensity. A total of 240 pictures were captured in a brightly lit room against a common, light background. Each picture was validated independently by 19 mental health professionals and two professional teachers of dramatic art. Apart from recognition of emotional quality, ratings were done for each emotion on a 5-point Likert scale with respect to...
Indian journal of positive psychology, 2016
Positive visualizations"A picture is worth a thousand words.''This phrase is certain... more Positive visualizations"A picture is worth a thousand words.''This phrase is certainly true in the case of visualization. Visualization, a form of self-hypnosis, is a tool anyone can use to help foster healing. By providing positive pictures (creative imagery) and self-suggestion, visualization can change emotions that subsequently have a physical effect on the body.Our belief system is based upon the accumulation of verbal and non-verbal suggestions that have been gathered throughout our life experience. Through patterns of repetition and its associated rewards and punishment we learn to create our own perception of reality. In essence, we therefore become what we think. In healing, repetitive use of positive visualization allows access to the mind-body connection. This lets the mind and body work together to foster the healing process of the body on a physical level. The mind and body connection works in the following manner: When we have an emotion it generates a fee...
IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review, 2017
The aim of the research is to compare the coping resources of counseling and non-counseling centr... more The aim of the research is to compare the coping resources of counseling and non-counseling centre clients using the Coping Resources Inventory by Hammer and Marting (1983). It was administered on 96 college going students:48 counseling seeking and 48 normal individuals. Coping resource inventory classify cognitive, social, emotional, spiritual/philosophical and physical resources that are currently available to individuals for managing stress. The scores are interpreted and discussed with two profile, that is, ipsative profile in which it was inferred that the participant scored highest on the emotional coping resource (35.2-46.8) indicating that she is more likely to use this resource in order to deal with harsh or stressful situations, and the normative profile to compare the coping resources of counseling and non-counseling centre clients. It was found that Cognitive t(94) 7.0876, p<0.0001, Social t(94)=9.2974, p<0.0001. Emotional t(94)=6.1020, p<0.0001 and Spiritual t(...
Emotions are several subjectively experienced, affect-laden states, the ontological status of eac... more Emotions are several subjectively experienced, affect-laden states, the ontological status of each being established by a label, and the meaning of which is arrived at by simple consensus. Emotions are the cornerstones of our social worlds, affecting our interaction with others in countless ways. The following research seeks to explain different patterns of emotional regulation in a cross-cultural context. Culture provides meaning to the intent and the demonstrated behavior. The study has established significant differences amongst two cultures: collectivistic and individualistic using various questionnaires. In this cross-cultural study, variables like expressive suppression, negative emotions, emotional clarity, impulse strength of emotions, goal-directedness, and acceptance of emotional responses are studied. The study makes use of quantitative methods to establish the relationships between the variables and the cultural contexts of the participants (N=60). Significant difference...