Siller Michael, Sigman Marian
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Dev Psychol. 2008 Nov;44(6):1691-704. doi: 10.1037/a0013771.
The objective of the current study was to evaluate the patterns of longitudinal change in the language abilities of 28 children with autism during early and middle childhood. Results from fitting a series of multilevel models showed that children's rate of language growth was independently predicted by (a) children's responsiveness to others' bids for joint attention and (b) parents' responsiveness to their children's attention and activity during play. Both predictive relations could not be explained by initial variation in global developmental characteristics, such as IQ, mental age, or language abilities. These findings support a social?pragmatic view on language acquisition, which emphasizes the collaborative process through which children and their parents negotiate shared meaning.
本研究的目的是评估28名自闭症儿童在幼儿期和童年中期语言能力的纵向变化模式。一系列多层次模型拟合的结果表明，儿童语言发展速度由以下因素独立预测：（a）儿童对他人共同注意请求的反应能力；（b）父母在游戏过程中对孩子注意力和活动的反应能力。这两种预测关系均无法用诸如智商、心理年龄或语言能力等整体发育特征的初始差异来解释。这些发现支持了关于语言习得的社会语用观，该观点强调儿童与其父母协商共享意义的协作过程。
