Alsaedi Rehab H, Carrington Suzanne, Watters James J
Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia.
The Department of Special Education, Taibah University, Janadah Bin Umayyah Road, Madinah 41477, Saudi Arabia.
Brain Sci. 2020 Feb 22;10(2):120. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10020120.
This study examined the executive functioning abilities and development profiles of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The participants were 119 children with ASD and 30 typically developing children (age range: 6-12 years) who were recruited from three Gulf states. The findings revealed executive functioning deficits in the ASD population when compared to the normative data or to those children without ASD. However, not all the forms of executive functioning were found to be impaired. Age-related differences in the patterns of performance on the utilized measures of executive functioning were also identified. The overall findings provide valuable information regarding the different components of the executive functions, which may prove useful in relation to the development of assessment protocols for ASD.
本研究考察了自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的执行功能能力和发展概况。参与者为119名患有ASD的儿童和30名发育正常的儿童（年龄范围：6至12岁），他们来自三个海湾国家。研究结果显示，与标准数据或未患ASD的儿童相比，ASD群体存在执行功能缺陷。然而，并非所有形式的执行功能都被发现受损。在执行功能的常用测量指标上，还发现了与年龄相关的表现模式差异。总体研究结果为执行功能的不同组成部分提供了有价值的信息，这可能对ASD评估方案的制定有用。
