Correlation of cognitive and social outcomes among children with autism spectrum disorder in a randomized trial of behavioral intervention.
Correlation of cognitive and social outcomes among children with autism spectrum disorder in a randomized trial of behavioral intervention.
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在行为干预的随机试验中，自闭症谱系障碍儿童认知和社会结果的相关性。
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10.1177/1362361313479181
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2014-05
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Mandell D
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Locke J;Rotheram-Fuller E;Xie M;Harker C;Mandell D
虽然社会障碍被认为是自闭症的标志缺陷，但许多行为干预研究依赖于认知功能作为主要结果。很少有研究调查认知的变化是否与社会功能的变化有关。这项研究调查了参加为期一年的行为干预研究的来自47个幼儿园到二年级自闭症支持教室的192名学生的认知能力的提高是否与社会功能的提高有关。儿童认知能力的提高与独立评估者和教师对社会功能的评估有一定的关系，但与父母评分的变化没有关系。观察到的社会收益与认知的收益不相称，这表明需要直接针对社会功能的干预措施和相关的社会功能现场测量。
Although social impairments are considered the hallmark deficit of autism, many behavioral intervention studies rely on cognitive functioning as a primary outcome. Fewer studies have examined whether changes in cognition are associated with changes in social functioning. This study examined whether cognitive gains among 192 students from 47 kindergarten-through-second-grade autism support classrooms participating in a year-long behavioral intervention study were associated with gains in social functioning. Children’s gains in cognitive ability were modestly associated with independent assessors’ and teachers’ evaluations of social functioning but were not associated with changes in parent ratings. Observed social gains were not commensurate with gains in cognition, suggesting the need both for interventions that directly target social functioning and relevant field measures of social functioning.