Links between Social Understanding and Social Behavior in Verbally Able Children with Autism

A study investigated the relations between various measures of social understanding and social interaction competence in verbally able children with autism (n=20). Initiating joint attention and empathy were strongly related measures of social interaction competence. No understanding-behavioral link...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2001-04, Vol.31 (2), p.119-130
Main Authors: Travis, Lisa, Sigman, Marian, Ruskin, Ellen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Attention Span
Autism
Autistic children
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child clinical studies
Children
Control Groups
Developmental Delays
Developmental Disabilities - psychology
Developmental disorders
Empathy
Female
Humans
Infantile autism
Intelligence
Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal Competence
Interpersonal Relations
Language skills
Male
Medical sciences
Peer Group
Peer Relationship
Perspective Taking
Predictor Variables
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Behavior
Social behaviour
Social Cognition
Social Perception
Theory of Mind
Verbal Behavior
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Summary:A study investigated the relations between various measures of social understanding and social interaction competence in verbally able children with autism (n=20). Initiating joint attention and empathy were strongly related measures of social interaction competence. No understanding-behavioral links were identified for 20 language-age matched children with developmental delays. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1023/A:1010705912731