Social interaction patterns of children and adolescents with and without oral clefts during a videotaped analogue social encounter.

Objectives: To examine the social interaction patterns of children with and without oral clefts.

Design: Participants were videotaped while interacting with a peer confederate. Oral cleft and control groups were compared on social behavior and several self- and parent-report measures.

Assessment of facial emotion encoding and decoding skills in children with and without oral clefts.

Purpose: Investigated the facial emotion decoding and encoding skills and perceived social acceptance in children with and without oral clefts.

Patients: 8-15 year-old children with surgically repaired facial clefts (n=19) and non-cleft controls (n=19).

Methods: The children viewed photographs of facial emotions expressed by other children and identified the emotion in each photograph.