Theory of mind and emotion-recognition functioning in autistic spectrum disorders and in psychiatric control and normal children
Theory of mind and emotion-recognition functioning in autistic spectrum disorders and in psychiatric control and normal children
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DOI：
10.1017/s0954579499001947
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发表时间：
1999-12-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Van der Gaag, RJ
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作者：
Buitelaar, JK;Van der Wees, M;Van der Gaag, RJ
该假设经过检验，弱心理理论 (ToM) 和/或情绪识别 (ER) 能力是自闭症受试者特有的。研究了自闭症儿童 (n = 20)、未另行指定的广泛性发育障碍 (PDD-NOS) (n = 20)、精神控制儿童 (n = 20) 和正常儿童 (n = 20) 之间 ToM 和 ER 表现的差异。临床组在年龄和语言智商方面进行了个体匹配。我们使用情感表达的匹配和上下文识别任务，以及一组一阶和二阶 ToM 任务。自闭症儿童和 PDD-NOS 儿童之间无法显着区分，也无法与诊断为 ADHD 的精神病对照儿童区分开来 (n = 9)。患有品行障碍或心境恶劣的精神病对照者的表现与正常儿童差不多。二阶 ToM 性能的差异对诊断组之间的差异影响最大。
The hypothesis was tested that weak theory of mind (ToM) and/or emotion recognition (ER) abilities are specific to subjects with autism. Differences in ToM and ER performance were examined between autistic (n = 20), pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) (n = 20), psychiatric control (n = 20), and normal children (n = 20). The clinical groups were matched person-to-person on age and verbal IQ. We used tasks for the matching and the context recognition of emotional expressions, and a set of first- and second-order ToM tasks. Autistic and PDD-NOS children could not be significantly differentiated from each other, nor could they be differentiated from the psychiatric controls with a diagnosis of ADHD (n = 9). The psychiatric controls with conduct disorder or dysthymia performed about as well as normal children. The variance in second-order ToM performance contributed most to differences between diagnostic groups.