Patterns of Growth in Adaptive Social Abilities Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Patterns of Growth in Adaptive Social Abilities Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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DOI：
10.1007/s10802-009-9326-0
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发表时间：
2009-10-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Welch, Kathleen
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作者：
Anderson, Deborah K.;Oti, Rosalind S.;Welch, Kathleen
在大约2岁、3岁、5岁、9岁和13岁时，对192名2岁时临床诊断为自闭症（n = 93）、PDD-NOS（n = 51）或非谱系发育障碍（n = 46）的儿童的适应性社会技能进行了纵向评估。使用SAS proc混合的增长曲线分析来分析随着时间的推移的社会轨迹。个体特征和环境资源都是适应性社会行为结果的关键预测因素。自闭症儿童与其他两个诊断组之间的差距随着时间的推移而扩大，因为后两组儿童的社交技能以更高的速度提高。然而，在诊断组中，改善范围从最小到非常显著。自闭症儿童最有可能在以后的生活中出现社会适应能力问题，可以在很小的时候就相当准确地识别出来，这样他们就可以有针对性地接受适当的早期干预服务。
Adaptive social skills were assessed longitudinally at approximately ages 2, 3, 5, 9, and 13 years in a sample of 192 children with a clinical diagnosis of autism (n = 93), PDD-NOS (n = 51), or nonspectrum developmental disabilities (n = 46) at age 2. Growth curve analyses with SAS proc mixed were used to analyze social trajectories over time. Both individual characteristics and environmental resources emerged as key predictors of adaptive social behavior outcome. The gap between children with autism and the other two diagnostic groups widened with time as the social skills of the latter groups improved at a higher rate. However, within diagnostic groups, improvement ranged from minimal to very dramatic. Children with autism most at risk for problems with social adaptive abilities later in life can be identified with considerable accuracy at a very young age so they can be targeted for appropriate early intervention services.