Pooragha Fatemeh, Kafi Seyed-Mousa, Sotodeh Seyed-Omid
PhD Student of Educational Psychology, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
Iran J Pediatr. 2013 Jun;23(3):309-14.
The aim of this study was investigating and comparing two components of executive functioning in children with high function autism with normal children.
This study was correlation descriptive (causal-comparative). There were two groups, one consisted of 15 participants of children with high function autism disorder (Intelligence quotient [IQ]>80) and the other consisted of 15 normal children, all age and education matched. They were compared with two neuro-cognitive tests, Color Word Stroop and Wisconsin Card Sorting, and one IQ test called Ravens Progressive Matrices test.
Analysis of data showed significant difference in both executive functionings, response inhibition (Stroop) and flexibility (Wisconsin Card Sorting) between normal children and children with autism disorder, but there was no significant relation between age and IQ and executive functioning in children with autism.
The results showed that children with autism disorder have deficits in executive functions regardless of their IQ level and it can be attributed to the symptoms of autism spectrum disorders.
本研究旨在调查和比较高功能自闭症儿童与正常儿童执行功能的两个组成部分。
本研究为相关性描述性研究(因果比较研究)。分为两组,一组由15名高功能自闭症障碍儿童(智商[IQ]>80)组成,另一组由15名正常儿童组成,所有儿童年龄和教育程度相匹配。通过两项神经认知测试(颜色词斯特鲁普测试和威斯康星卡片分类测试)以及一项名为瑞文渐进性矩阵测试的智商测试对他们进行比较。
数据分析表明,正常儿童与自闭症障碍儿童在执行功能、反应抑制(斯特鲁普测试)和灵活性(威斯康星卡片分类测试)方面均存在显著差异,但自闭症儿童的年龄、智商与执行功能之间无显著关系。
结果表明,自闭症障碍儿童无论智商水平如何,执行功能均存在缺陷,这可能归因于自闭症谱系障碍的症状。