Zandt Fiona, Prior Margot, Kyrios Michael
Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia.
Autism. 2009 Jan;13(1):43-57. doi: 10.1177/1362361308097120.
In order to examine hypothesized underlying neurocognitive processes in repetitive behaviour, children and adolescents (7-16 years) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) were compared on a range of executive function (EF) measures. Performance on neuropsychological tests assessing executive functioning showed a trend for children with ASD to perform poorly on tasks requiring generation of multiple responses, while children with OCD tended to demonstrate impairments on a task requiring inhibition. Parental ratings on a questionnaire measure of EF indicated impairments in both groups relative to controls. Relationships between questionnaire and performance measures of EF were generally weak. There was some limited support for a relationship between EF and repetitive behaviour, but effects tended to be small and variable across groups and measures.
为了研究重复行为中潜在的神经认知过程假说，对患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）和强迫症（OCD）的儿童及青少年（7至16岁）在一系列执行功能（EF）测量指标上进行了比较。评估执行功能的神经心理学测试结果显示，患有ASD的儿童在需要产生多种反应的任务上表现出较差的趋势，而患有OCD的儿童在需要抑制的任务上往往表现出损伤。父母对EF问卷测量的评分表明，与对照组相比，两组均存在损伤。EF问卷测量与表现测量之间的关系通常较弱。对于EF与重复行为之间的关系有一些有限的支持，但效应往往较小，且在不同组和测量指标之间存在差异。
