Social Function and Communication in Optimal Outcome Children and Adolescents with an Autism History on Structured Test Measures
| Autor: | Katherine Tyson, Deborah Fein, Alyssa Orinstein, Kaitlin A. De Yoe, Marianne Barton, Michael C. Stevens, Kaitlyn Porter, Inge-Marie Eigsti, Eva Troyb, Joyce Suh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Neuropsychological Tests Article Developmental psychology Social Skills Young Adult Social skills Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Attention Autistic Disorder Young adult Child Language media_common Social perception Communication Public health medicine.disease Test (assessment) Friendship Social Perception Autism spectrum disorder Autism Female Psychology Social Adjustment |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 45:2443-2463 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3432 0162-3257 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-015-2409-6 |
| Popis: | Youth who lose their ASD diagnosis may have subtle social and communication difficulties. We examined social and communication functioning in 44 high-functioning autism (HFA), 34 optimal outcome (OO) and 34 typically developing (TD) youth. Results indicated that OO participants had no autism communication symptoms, no pragmatic language deficits, and were judged as likable as TD peers. Some group differences were found: OO youth had less insight into social relationships and poorer friendship descriptions than TD youth. OO participants had attention, self-control, and immaturity difficulties that may impact social abilities. However, OO participants were most engaged, friendliest, warmest, and most approachable. Overall, OO participants had no social and communicative impairments, although some exhibited mild social difficulties that often accompany attentional problems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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