Is affect aversive to young children with autism? Behavioral and cardiac responses to experimenter distress
Is affect aversive to young children with autism? Behavioral and cardiac responses to experimenter distress
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06172.x
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发表时间：
1998-12-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Sigman, M
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作者：
Corona, R;Dissanayake, C;Sigman, M
本研究的目的是确定负面情绪的展示对于自闭症幼儿是否比中性情绪的展示更令人厌恶。当实验者假装受伤并表现出强烈的痛苦，与实验者假装受伤但仅表现出中性情感时，对22名自闭症儿童和22名3 - 5岁的智障儿童的注意力、行为反应、面部表情和心脏反应进行了比较。两个诊断组的儿童在实验者表现出强烈痛苦时，比她表现出中性情感时更多地看向实验者，并且显得更感兴趣和关心。智障儿童在痛苦情境下的心率相对于基线情境有所下降，但自闭症儿童的心率在不同情境下没有变化。总之，自闭症儿童没有证据表明会因痛苦的实验者而过度兴奋或回避。
The aim of this study was to determine whether displays of negative emotions are more aversive to young children with autism than displays of neutral emotions. The attention, behavioral reactions, facial affect, and cardiac responses of 22 autistic and 22 mentally retarded 3-5-year-old children were compared when an experimenter pretended to hurt herself and showed strong distress in contrast to when the experimenter pretended to hurt herself but showed only neutral affect. The children in both diagnostic groups looked more at the experimenter and appeared more interested and concerned when she displayed strong distress than when she showed neutral affect. The heart rate of the mentally retarded children decreased during the distress condition relative to a baseline condition, but the heart rate of the children with autism did not change across conditions. In summary, the children with autism gave no evidence of being overly aroused by or avoiding the distressed experimenter.