Jameel Leila, Vyas Karishma, Bellesi Giulia, Cassell Diana, Channon Shelley
Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London (UCL), Bedford Way Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK,
J Autism Dev Disord. 2015 Aug;45(8):2311-22. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2393-x.
Measuring autistic traits in the general population has proven sensitive for examining cognition. The present study extended this to pro-social behaviour, investigating the influence of expectations to help others. A novel task describing characters in need of help was administered to students scoring high versus low on the Autism-Spectrum Quotient. Scenarios had two variants, describing either a 'clear-cut' or 'ambiguous' social rule. Participants with high versus low autistic traits were less pro-social and sympathetic overall towards the characters. The groups' ratings of characters' expectations were comparable, but those with high autistic traits provided more rule-based rationales in the clear-cut condition. This pattern of relatively intact knowledge in the context of reduced pro-social behaviour has implications for social skill training programmes.
在普通人群中测量自闭症特质已被证明对检验认知具有敏感性。本研究将此扩展到亲社会行为,调查帮助他人的期望所产生的影响。对自闭症谱系商得分高与低的学生进行了一项描述需要帮助的人物的新任务。情景有两种变体,分别描述“明确”或“模糊”的社会规则。自闭症特质高与低的参与者总体上对这些人物的亲社会和同情心较弱。两组对人物期望的评分相当,但自闭症特质高的人在明确条件下提供了更多基于规则的理由。这种在亲社会行为减少的情况下知识相对完整的模式对社交技能培训计划具有启示意义。