Concurrent Social Communication Predictors of Expressive Language in Minimally Verbal Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Concurrent Social Communication Predictors of Expressive Language in Minimally Verbal Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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DOI：
10.1007/s10803-019-04089-8
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发表时间：
2019-09-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Tager-Flusberg, Helen
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作者：
Pecukonis, Meredith;Skwerer, Daniela Plesa;Tager-Flusberg, Helen
许多研究调查了自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童语言前幼儿和语言流利儿童的语言预测因素。本研究以37名孤独症儿童和青少年为研究对象，探讨了表达性语言和一组经过筛选的社会交际变量（联合注意、模仿和游戏）之间的并发关系。结果显示，模仿和玩耍与表达性语言显著相关，即使在控制非语言智商的情况下，但联合注意力则不然。在回归模型中，模仿是唯一达到显著性的预测变量。研究结果表明，表达性语言的预测因素因自闭症谱系的亚群而异，并对老年人，患有ASD的MV个体的干预设计具有更广泛的影响。
Numerous studies have investigated the predictors of language in pre-verbal toddlers and verbally fluent children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study investigated the concurrent relations among expressive language and a set of empirically-selected social communication variables-joint attention, imitation, and play-in a unique sample of37 minimally verbal (MV) children and adolescents with ASD. Results revealed that imitation and play were significantly correlated with expressive language, even when controlling for non-verbal IQ, but joint attention was not. Imitation was the only predictor variable to reach significance within the regression model. Findings demonstrate that predictors of expressive language vary for subpopulations of the autism spectrum, and have broader implications for intervention design for older, MV individuals with ASD.