Defining the intellectual profile of Asperger syndrome: Comparison with high-functioning autism
Defining the intellectual profile of Asperger syndrome: Comparison with high-functioning autism
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DOI：
10.1023/b:jadd.0000029550.19098.77
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发表时间：
2004-06-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Mountain-Kimchi, K
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作者：
Ghaziuddin, M;Mountain-Kimchi, K
阿斯伯格综合症（AS）是一种儿童早期疾病，其特征是自闭症社交缺陷、微妙的沟通障碍和过度孤立的兴趣。没有语言发育迟缓或智力低下的病史。尽管它作为一种独特的疾病越来越受欢迎，但其诊断有效性仍然不确定。目前尚不清楚 AS 与智力正常的自闭症（有时称为高功能自闭症 (HFA)）有何不同。然而，一些报告表明，AS 患者具有独特的优势。智力测试的特点是高语言智商和低表现智商，而在大多数 HFA 情况下，这种模式是相反的。由于很少有研究使用未经修改的诊断标准和标准化评估措施直接将 AS 受试者与 HFA 对照进行比较，因此在本报告中，我们将 22 名 AS 受试者与 12 名 HFA 对照进行了比较，并在年龄、性别和智力水平上进行了匹配。作为一个群体，患有 AS 的受试者比患有 HFA 的受试者表现出更高的语言智商以及更高的信息和词汇测试分数。然而，一些 AS 和 HFA 受试者的分数表现出混合模式。这些发现的意义在阿斯伯格综合症的有效性背景下进行了讨论。
Asperger syndrome (AS) is a disorder of early childhood characterized by autistic social deficits, subtle communication impairment, and excessive isolated interests. There is no history of language delay or of mental retardation. Despite its increasing popularity as a distinct condition, its diagnostic validity remains uncertain. It is still unclear to what extent AS differs from autism with normal intelligence sometimes referred to as high-functioning autism (HFA). However, some reports have suggested that persons with AS possess a distinct pro. le on tests of intelligence characterized by a high verbal IQ and a low performance IQ, whereas in most cases with HFA, the pattern is reversed. Since few studies have directly compared AS subjects with HFA controls using unmodified diagnostic criteria and standardized measures of assessment, in this report we compared 22 AS subjects with 12 HFA controls, matched on age, sex and level of intelligence. As a group, subjects with AS showed a higher verbal IQ and higher scores on information and vocabulary subtests than those with HFA. However, scores of several AS and HFA subjects showed a mixed pattern. Implications of these findings are discussed in the context of the validity of Asperger Syndrome.