O Miguel Helga, Sampaio Adriana, Martínez-Regueiro Rocío, Gómez-Guerrero Lorena, López-Dóriga Cristina Gutiérrez, Gómez Sonia, Carracedo Ángel, Fernández-Prieto Montse
Neuropsychophysiology Lab, CiPsi, Department of Basic Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Xosé María Suárez Núñez Street, s/n. Campus Vida, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Aug;47(8):2425-2433. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3163-8.
Abnormal patterns of touch processing have been linked to core symptoms in ASD. This study examined the relation between tactile processing patterns and social problems in 44 children and adolescents with ASD, aged 6-14 (M = 8.39 ± 2.35). Multiple linear regression indicated significant associations between touch processing and social problems. No such relationships were found for social problems and autism severity. Within touch processing, patterns of hyper-responsiveness and hypo-responsiveness best predicted social problems, whereas sensory-seeking did not. These results support that atypical touch processing in individuals with ASD might be contributing to the social problems they present. Moreover, it the need to explore more in depth the contribution of sensory features to the ASD phenotype.
触觉处理的异常模式已与自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)的核心症状相关联。本研究调查了44名6至14岁(平均年龄M = 8.39 ± 2.35)患有ASD的儿童和青少年的触觉处理模式与社交问题之间的关系。多元线性回归表明触觉处理与社交问题之间存在显著关联。未发现社交问题与自闭症严重程度之间存在此类关系。在触觉处理方面,高反应性和低反应性模式最能预测社交问题,而感觉寻求则不然。这些结果支持了ASD患者非典型的触觉处理可能导致他们出现社交问题这一观点。此外,有必要更深入地探索感觉特征对ASD表型的影响。