Characterizing restricted and unusual interests in autistic youth.
Characterizing restricted and unusual interests in autistic youth.
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描述自闭症青少年的有限和不寻常的兴趣。
DOI：
10.1002/aur.2863
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发表时间：
2023
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Uljarević,Mirko
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Spackman,Emily;Smillie,LukeD;Frazier,ThomasW;Hardan,AntonioY;Alvares,GailA;Whitehouse,Andrew;Uljarević,Mirko
以不寻常的内容和/或强度为特征的广泛的兴趣，被标记为有限的兴趣（CI），是自闭症的核心诊断特征。最近的证据表明，可以在兴趣之间进行区分，尽管这些兴趣的特征是异常高的强度和/或可解释性，但就其内容而言是共同的（例如，对电影或动物的兴趣），标记为受限兴趣（RI），以及在自闭症之外通常不突出的兴趣（例如，对交通灯或分类的兴趣），标记为不寻常的兴趣（UI）。目前的研究旨在进一步表征RI和UI探索他们的年龄，性别，智商和社会动机的关联，以及检查这两个子域的适应性的好处和负面影响的差异。对1892名孤独症儿童和青少年（法师= 10.82，SDage = 4.14; 420名女性）的父母进行了包括限制和重复行为维度评估和社会交往问卷的在线调查。RI和UI都被发现是非常频繁的。基于性别的差异，观察到的内容，但不是强度，CI，女性更有可能表现出兴趣与社会成分。最后，RI和UI显示出不同的模式与年龄，性别，智商和社会动机，以及适应性的好处和负面影响的指标。研究结果提供了一个更细致入微的理解基于性别的差异CI和，至关重要的是，提供了初步的证据，RI和UI代表不同的结构，应该在未来的研究中独立研究。
A broad range of interests characterized by unusual content and/or intensity, labeled as circumscribed interests (CI), are a core diagnostic feature of autism. Recent evidence suggests that a distinction can be drawn between interests that, although characterized by unusually high intensity and/or inflexibility, are otherwise common in terms of their content (e.g., an interest in movies or animals), labeled as restricted interests (RI), and interests that are generally not salient outside of autism (e.g., an interest in traffic lights or categorization), labeled as unusual interests (UI). The current study aimed to further characterize RI and UI by exploring their association with age, sex, IQ, and social motivation, as well as to examine differences in the adaptive benefits and negative impacts of these two subdomains. Parents of 1892 autistic children and adolescents (Mage= 10.82,SDage= 4.14; 420 females) completed an online survey including the Dimensional Assessment of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors and the Social Communication Questionnaire. Both RI and UI were found to be highly frequent. Sex‐based differences were observed in the content, but not intensity, of CI such that females were more likely to show interests with a social component. Finally, RI and UI showed distinct patterns of association with age, sex, IQ, and social motivation, as well as metrics of adaptive benefits and negative impacts. Findings afford a more nuanced understanding of sex‐based differences in CI and, crucially, provide preliminary evidence that RI and UI represent distinct constructs that should be studied independently in future research.