Spatial Language and Cognition in Autistic Preschoolers.
Spatial Language and Cognition in Autistic Preschoolers.
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自闭症学龄前儿童的空间语言和认知。
DOI：
10.1007/s10803-022-05883-7
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发表时间：
2024
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
EllisWeismer,Susan
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作者：
Prescott,KathrynE;Crespo,Kimberly;EllisWeismer,Susan
目的：自闭症谱系障碍与视觉空间领域的相对优势有关，但与语言领域的不同能力有关。先前的研究表明，老年自闭症患者的空间语言和空间认知之间存在相似之处，但迄今为止还没有研究在年幼的自闭症儿童中检验这种关系。因此，本研究的目的是调查儿童空间语言产生与非语言空间认知之间随时间的关系。我们还检查了先前文献中观察到的空间语言的两个潜在预测因素，即自闭症谱系障碍症状严重程度和父母空间语言输入。 方法：在过去调查同龄 NT 儿童空间语言的工作中，亲子互动一直是研究的主要背景。因此，在本研究中，我们分析了 30 至 66 个月大的自闭症儿童与其父母之间的二元自然游戏互动记录，并在每次访问时进行标准化认知和自闭症谱系障碍诊断评估。 结果：即使在考虑整体语言产生时，空间语言产生也与非语言空间认知相关，尽管这种关系的强度随着时间的推移而减弱。父母的空间输入（而不是自闭症谱系障碍的严重程度）显着预测儿童的空间语言产生，其影响高于整体语言产生的影响。结论：空间语言与年幼自闭症儿童的空间认知相关，并且似乎反映了整体语言技能和非语言空间认知能力的相互作用，无论自闭症的严重程度如何。家长介导的干预可能是增加自闭症学龄前儿童空间语言的有希望的环境。
Purpose: ASD is associated with relative strengths in the visuospatial domain but varying abilities in the linguistic domain. Previous studies suggest parallels between spatial language and spatial cognition in older autistic individuals, but no research to date has examined this relationship in young autistic children. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the connection between children’s spatial language production and nonverbal spatial cognition over time. We also examined two potential predictors of spatial language observed in previous literature, ASD symptom severity and parent spatial language input.Methods: In past work investigating spatial language in NT children of the same age, parent-child interactions have been a primary context for study. Therefore, in the present study, we analyzed transcripts of dyadic naturalistic play interactions between autistic children and their parents over three visits from age 30 to 66 months and administered standardized cognitive and ASD diagnostic assessments at each visit.Results: Spatial language production was related to nonverbal spatial cognition even when accounting for overall language production, though the strength of that relationship decreased over time. Parent spatial input (but not ASD severity) significantly predicted children’s spatial language production over and above the effect of overall language production.Conclusion: Spatial language is associated with spatial cognition in young autistic children and appears to reflect the interaction of overall linguistic skills and nonverbal spatial cognitive ability regardless of autism severity. Parent-mediated interventions may be a promising context for increasing spatial language in autistic preschoolers.