Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, MRC, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2012 Jul;42(7):1504-9. doi: 10.1007/s10803-011-1364-0.
Diminished social motivation is one of the most striking features in autism. Yet, few studies have directly assessed the value people with an ASD place on social interactions, or how rewarding they report it to be. In the present study, we directly measure social motivation by looking at responses to a questionnaire assessing self-reported pleasure in social and non social situations. Twenty-nine adolescents with ASD and matched controls took part in the study. Our results reveal that children with an ASD differ from the controls with respect to social enjoyment, but not with respect to physical and other sources of hedonism. Further analyses demonstrate that the degree of social anhedonia correlates with autism severity.
社交动机减弱是自闭症的最显著特征之一。然而，很少有研究直接评估自闭症患者对社交互动的重视程度，或者他们报告的社交互动的奖励程度。在本研究中，我们通过查看评估社交和非社交情境中自我报告愉悦感的问卷来直接衡量社交动机。29 名自闭症青少年和匹配的对照组参与了研究。我们的结果表明，自闭症儿童在社交享受方面与对照组不同，但在身体和其他享乐主义来源方面没有差异。进一步的分析表明，社交快感缺失的程度与自闭症的严重程度相关。
