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Everyday social and conversation applications of theory-of-mind understanding by children with autism-spectrum disorders or typical development.
Peterson, Candida C; Garnett, Michelle; Kelly, Adrian; Attwood, Tony.
Afiliação
  • Peterson CC; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. candi@psy.uq.edu.au
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry ; 18(2): 105-15, 2009 Feb.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18810310
ABSTRACT
Children with autism-spectrum disorders (ASD) often fail laboratory false-belief tests of theory of mind (ToM). Yet how this impacts on their everyday social behavior is less clear, partly owing to uncertainty over which specific everyday conversational and social skills require ToM understanding. A new caregiver-report scale of these everyday applications of ToM was developed and validated in two studies. Study 1 obtained parent ratings of 339 children (85 with autism; 230 with Asperger's; 24 typically-developing) on the new scale and results revealed (a) that the scale had good psychometric properties and (b) that children with ASD had significantly more everyday mindreading difficulties than typical developers. In Study 2, we directly tested links between laboratory ToM and everyday mindreading using teacher ratings on the new scale. The sample of 25 children included 15 with autism and 10 typical developers aged 5-12 years. Children in both groups who passed laboratory ToM tests had fewer everyday mindreading difficulties than those of the same diagnosis who failed. Yet, intriguingly, autistic ToM-passers still had more problems with everyday mindreading than younger typically-developing ToM-failers. The possible roles of family conversation and peer interaction, along with ToM, in everyday social functioning were considered.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Desenvolvimento da Personalidade / Transtorno Autístico / Comportamento Infantil / Deficiências do Desenvolvimento / Comportamento do Adolescente / Transtornos Cognitivos / Compreensão Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry Assunto da revista: PEDIATRIA / PSIQUIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Austrália

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Desenvolvimento da Personalidade / Transtorno Autístico / Comportamento Infantil / Deficiências do Desenvolvimento / Comportamento do Adolescente / Transtornos Cognitivos / Compreensão Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry Assunto da revista: PEDIATRIA / PSIQUIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Austrália