INFANT AVOIDANCE DURING A TACTILE TASK PREDICTS AUTISM SPECTRUM BEHAVIORS IN TODDLERHOOD.
INFANT AVOIDANCE DURING A TACTILE TASK PREDICTS AUTISM SPECTRUM BEHAVIORS IN TODDLERHOOD.
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DOI：
10.1002/imhj.21539
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发表时间：
2015-11
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Neiderhiser JM
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作者：
Mammen MA;Moore GA;Scaramella LV;Reiss D;Ganiban JM;Shaw DS;Leve LD;Neiderhiser JM
触摸的经验是至关重要的早期沟通和社会交往;婴儿谁表现出厌恶触摸可能有风险的非典型发展和行为问题。本研究旨在阐明婴儿对触觉刺激的反应与幼儿自闭症谱系、内化和外化行为之间的预测关联。这项研究测量了9个月大的婴儿（N = 561; 58%男性）在一个新的触觉任务中的回避和负面影响，在这个任务中，父母画婴儿的手和脚，并把他们压在纸上画画。父母报告的普遍性发展问题（PDP），内化，外化规模的儿童行为检查表被用来衡量幼儿的行为在18个月。婴儿观察到的回避和负面影响显着相关，但是，回避预测随后的PDP分数，独立的负面影响，这并不能预测任何幼儿的行为。研究结果表明，在早期社会交往的研究中，将触摸的反应措施，可能会提供一个重要的和歧视性的结构，以确定儿童在更大的风险与自闭症谱系行为相关的社会障碍。
The experience of touch is critical for early communication and social interaction; infants who show aversion to touch may be at risk for atypical development and behavior problems. The current study aimed to clarify predictive associations between infant responses to tactile stimuli and toddler autism spectrum, internalizing, and externalizing behaviors. This study measured 9-month-old infants’ (N = 561; 58% male) avoidance and negative affect during a novel tactile task in which parents painted infants’ hands and feet and pressed them to paper to make a picture. Parent reports on the Pervasive Developmental Problems (PDP), Internalizing, and Externalizing scales of the Child Behavior Checklist were used to measure toddler behaviors at 18 months. Infant observed avoidance and negative affect were significantly correlated; however, avoidance predicted subsequent PDP scores only, independent of negative affect, which did not predict any toddler behaviors. Findings suggest that incorporating measures of responses to touch in the study of early social interaction may provide an important and discriminating construct for identifying children at greater risk for social impairments related to autism spectrum behaviors.