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- This study looked at how people's facial expressions during a breakup can tell us about their feelings, instead of just asking them how they feel.
- The researchers checked what emotions were shown on people's faces after a breakup by using special computer tools while they talked about their experience.
- They found that the emotion called Contempt was important; at first, feeling Contempt helped people feel less sad, but later on, it made them feel more sad about the breakup.
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The importance of studying specific and expressed emotions after a stressful life event is well known, yet few studies have moved beyond assessing self-reported emotional responses to a romantic breakup. This study examined associations between computer-recognized facial expressions and self-reported breakup-related distress among recently separated college-aged young adults ( = 135; 37 men) on four visits across 9 weeks. Participants' facial expressions were coded using the Computer Expression Recognition Toolbox while participants spoke about their breakups. Of the seven expressed emotions studied, only Contempt showed a unique association with breakup-related distress over time. At baseline, greater Contempt was associated with less breakup-related distress; however, over time, greater Contempt was associated with greater breakup-related distress.
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