Assessing expressed emotion in mothers of children with autism The Autism-Specific Five Minute Speech Sample
Assessing expressed emotion in mothers of children with autism The Autism-Specific Five Minute Speech Sample
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DOI：
10.1177/1362361309352777
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
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5.2
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Robison, Dorothy
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作者：
Benson, Paul R.;Daley, Dave;Robison, Dorothy
背景资料：表达情绪（EE）是家庭情绪气候的一种衡量标准，被发现可以预测一系列精神、医学和发育障碍（包括自闭症）的症状水平。方法：采用来自104名自闭症儿童母亲的数据，本研究检查了自闭症特异性五分钟语音样本（AFMSS），这是一种基于广泛使用的五分钟语音样本（Magana等人，1986年）。调查结果：除了一个EE组件，情绪过度参与，修订后的编码系统表现出足够的内部一致性和良好的评分员和代码记录的可靠性。它也表现出可接受的有效性，根据其显着的相关性与EE在以前的研究。回归分析还表明，AFMSS-EE是一个显着的预测儿童的社会能力，但不是儿童的问题行为。讨论内容：虽然需要进一步的测试，AFMSS似乎是一个有用的方法来评估EE的背景下养育自闭症和相关疾病的儿童。
Background: Expressed emotion (EE) is a measure of family emotional climate found to be predictive of symptom levels in a range of psychiatric, medical, and developmental disorders, including autism. Method: Employing data from 104 mothers of children with autism, this study examines the Autism-Specific Five Minute Speech Sample (AFMSS), a modified EE coding system based on the widely used Five Minute Speech Sample (Magana et al., 1986). Findings: With the exception of one EE component, emotional over-involvement, the revised coding system demonstrated adequate internal consistency and good to excellent inter-rater and code-recode reliability. It also demonstrated acceptable validity, based on its significant correlations with factors linked to EE in previous research. Regression analyses also indicated AFMSS-EE to be a significant predictor of child social competence, but not child problem behaviors. Discussion: While further testing is required, the AFMSS appears to be a useful method of assessing EE within the context of parenting children with autism and related disorders.