Social Approach and Autistic Behavior in Children with Fragile X Syndrome

Social avoidance is a core phenotypic characteristic of fragile X syndrome (FXS) that has critical cognitive and social consequences. However, no study has examined modulation of multiple social avoidant behaviors in children with FXS. In the current study, we introduce the "Social Approach Sca...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2007-10, Vol.37 (9), p.1748-1760
Main Authors: Roberts, Jane E, Weisenfeld, Leigh Anne H, Hatton, Deborah D, Heath, Morgan, Kaufmann, Walter E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Age Factors
Anxiety
Autism
Autistic children
Autistic Disorder - diagnosis
Autistic Disorder - epidemiology
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child clinical studies
Child Development
Children
Chromosome fragility (bloom syndrome, ataxia telangiectasia, fanconi anemia, x-linked mental retardation...)
Cognitive Ability
Context Effect
Developmental Delays
Developmental Disabilities - diagnosis
Developmental Disabilities - epidemiology
Developmental disorders
Escape Reaction
Evaluators
Eye contact
Eye Movements
Facial Expression
Female
Fixation, Ocular
Fragile X Syndrome - epidemiology
Genetic Disorders
Genetics
Human Body
Humans
Individualized Instruction
Infantile autism
Intellectual disabilities
Interpersonal Competence
Interpersonal Relationship
Male
Measures (Individuals)
Medical genetics
Medical sciences
Mental Retardation
Motion
Mutation
Nonverbal Communication
Observation
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex
Sex Factors
Social Behavior
Social interaction
Socialization
Surveys and Questionnaires
Withdrawal (Psychology)
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Summary:Social avoidance is a core phenotypic characteristic of fragile X syndrome (FXS) that has critical cognitive and social consequences. However, no study has examined modulation of multiple social avoidant behaviors in children with FXS. In the current study, we introduce the "Social Approach Scale" (SAS), an observation scale that includes physical movement, facial expression, and eye contact approach behaviors collected across multiple time points. Our findings suggested that social approach behaviors in children with FXS were affected by age, gender, setting, and time spent with an examiner. Selected social approach behaviors were related to autistic behavior. Increased eye contact over the course of a research assessment, in particular, was found to be a strong predictor of lower autistic behavior.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-006-0305-9