Hepburn Susan L, Stone Wendy L
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. Ninth Street, Box C 268-31, Denver, CO 80262-0234, USA,
J Autism Dev Disord. 2006 Jul;36(5):637-42. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0110-5.
Many researchers have suggested that temperament information could be useful for understanding the behavioral variability within the autism spectrum. The purpose of this brief report is to examine temperament profiles of 110 children with ASD (ages 3-8 years, 61 with Autistic Disorder, 42 with PDD-NOS; and 7 with Asperger Disorder) via a commonly used parent report measure of child temperament. Internal consistency of temperament dimensions, test-retest reliability, descriptions of means and standard deviations are examined, relative to previously published norms. Internal consistency of the dimensions and test-retest reliability were comparable to published norms; however, children with autism were rated as presenting with more extreme scores than typically-developing children on several dimensions. Limitations and implications for future work are discussed.
许多研究人员认为，气质信息可能有助于理解自闭症谱系内的行为变异性。本简要报告的目的是通过一种常用的家长报告的儿童气质测量方法，研究110名自闭症谱系障碍儿童（年龄3至8岁，其中61名患有自闭症，42名患有广泛性发育障碍未特定型；7名患有阿斯伯格综合征）的气质特征。相对于先前公布的常模，对气质维度的内部一致性、重测信度、均值和标准差描述进行了检验。维度的内部一致性和重测信度与已公布的常模相当；然而，在几个维度上，自闭症儿童的得分比发育正常的儿童更为极端。讨论了研究的局限性和对未来工作的启示。
