worked long hours trying to get my thesis ready. Even though they were teaching and having to mark papers, I was still receiving feedback from them regularly. I would like to express gratitude for the families that volunteered to take part in my study. Without them, I would have nothing. I would like to thank my observers who sat for long periods watching the children's videos and having to multitask while doing so. Finally, a big thank-you also goes to everyone who kept me calm during stressful, deadline-closing-in times during the writing of my thesis. It took everyone's assistance to get it done.
This study investigated facial expressions of children between the ages of 10 and 15 years with Down Syndrome (experimental group) and compared them to typically developing children (control group). Elicitation of facial expressions was carried out through showings of video clips. Trained observers were used to code expressions of happiness, anger, and disgust from video recordings that were made of the children’s reactions while they watched the video clips. I hypothesized that Down Syndrome children will not differ from typically developing children in the frequency of elicited happy expressions. However, I expected them to differ in the frequency of elicited anger and disgust expressions. Results support my hypotheses, showing a significant difference between the control and experimental group when comparing frequency of anger and disgust expressions, but did not differ significantly when the groups were compared in their frequency of happy expressions.
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