Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Australia.
Autism. 2013 Nov;17(6):762-8. doi: 10.1177/1362361312465355. Epub 2012 Nov 22.
This study assessed the relationship between emotion recognition ability and social skills in 42 young children with autistic disorder aged 4-7 years. The analyses revealed that accuracy in recognition of sadness, but not happiness, anger or fear, was associated with higher ratings on the Vineland-II Socialization domain, above and beyond the influence of chronological age, cognitive ability and autism symptom severity. These findings extend previous research with adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders, suggesting that sadness recognition is also associated with social skills in children with autism.
本研究评估了 42 名 4-7 岁自闭症谱系障碍儿童的情绪识别能力与社交技能之间的关系。分析结果表明，在控制了年龄、认知能力和自闭症严重程度的影响后，儿童对悲伤情绪的识别准确性与 Vineland-II 社会交往领域的评分较高有关，而对快乐、愤怒或恐惧情绪的识别准确性则没有关联。这些发现扩展了之前对自闭症谱系障碍青少年和成年人的研究，表明儿童对悲伤情绪的识别也与社交技能有关。
