Lindner Jennifer L, Rosén Lee A
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2006 Aug;36(6):769-77. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0105-2.
This study examined differences in the ability to decode emotion through facial expression, prosody, and verbal content between 14 children with Asperger's Syndrome (AS) and 16 typically developing peers. The ability to decode emotion was measured by the Perception of Emotion Test (POET), which portrayed the emotions of happy, angry, sad, and neutral among the modalities of static and dynamic facial expression, prosody, verbal content, and all modalities combined. Results revealed that children with AS had more difficulty identifying emotions through static facial expression, dynamic facial expression, and prosody than typically developing children. Results are discussed in relationship to an over-reliance on verbal content as a compensatory strategy in social interactions. Treatment implications for individuals with AS are also discussed.
本研究调查了14名阿斯伯格综合征（AS）儿童和16名发育正常的同龄人在通过面部表情、语调及言语内容来解读情绪能力上的差异。情绪解读能力通过情绪感知测试（POET）来衡量，该测试在静态和动态面部表情、语调、言语内容以及所有这些方式组合的模式中展现了开心、愤怒、悲伤和中性的情绪。结果显示，与发育正常的儿童相比，患有AS的儿童在通过静态面部表情、动态面部表情和语调来识别情绪方面存在更大困难。研究结果结合社交互动中过度依赖言语内容作为补偿策略进行了讨论。还讨论了对AS患者的治疗意义。
