Newbigin Amanda, Uljarević Mirko, Vivanti Giacomo, Dissanayake Cheryl
Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC), Long Pocket, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Oct;46(10):3338-43. doi: 10.1007/s10803-016-2862-x.
The majority of studies that have investigated empathic responsiveness of individuals with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have used heterogeneous groups in terms of age, cognitive level and gender which significantly impact the results. Our aim in this study was to explore responsiveness of a more homogenous sample of 21 children with ASD and 17 typically developing controls, aged 8-12 years to both overt (or expressed) and anticipated distress. In the anticipated distress task, groups were not differentiated in their response towards the experimenter who had her drawing torn. In the expressed distress task, groups were again similar in expressing concern and acting prosocially towards an experimenter who pretended to lose her watch. The theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
大多数针对自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）个体共情反应能力的研究，在年龄、认知水平和性别方面使用了异质性群体，这对研究结果产生了重大影响。我们这项研究的目的是，探究一个更具同质性的样本的反应能力，该样本包括21名8至12岁的自闭症谱系障碍儿童和17名发育正常的对照儿童，让他们对明显（或表现出的）痛苦和预期的痛苦做出反应。在预期痛苦任务中，两组在对画被撕破的实验者的反应上没有差异。在表现出痛苦的任务中，两组在对假装丢了手表的实验者表达关心和采取亲社会行为方面同样相似。本文讨论了这些研究结果的理论和临床意义。
