FPCEE Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain.
Mental Health Department, Multidisciplinary Unit of Autism Spectrum Disorder (UnimTEA), Sant Joan de Deu Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2023 Jun;53(6):2246-2260. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05496-0. Epub 2022 Mar 12.
The demand of social skills interventions for people with ASD has grown in recent years. The main goal of this research was to study social skills: "responding to interaction" and "initiating interaction", and to capture whether there were differences between an initial and a final session in a program for children with ASD. Additionally, we aimed to compare social skills patterns according to the VIQ level. The sample (N = 20) was divided into 2 subgroups depending on whether the VIQ was > 90 or < 90. We employed a mixed methods approach based on a systematic observation of social behaviors. The observational design was nomothetic, follow-up, and multidimensional. Once we confirmed inter-observer reliability for the ad hoc observational instrument we performed descriptive statistics and polar coordinate analysis using LINCE software. The results show high intragroup and intergroup variability. In general, participants with VIQ < 90 showed a better improvement in responding to interaction, whereas participants with VIQ > 90 showed more complex patterns to initiate interactions. The polar coordinate technique was useful for detecting significant relationships between autism's social micro-behaviors. Results and information obtained through observational methodology could allow professionals to understand communication and interaction of participants.
近年来，社会技能干预对 ASD 患者的需求不断增长。本研究的主要目的是研究社会技能：“回应互动”和“发起互动”，并捕捉 ASD 儿童计划中初始和最终阶段之间是否存在差异。此外，我们旨在根据 VIQ 水平比较社交技能模式。该样本（N=20）根据 VIQ 是否>90 或<90 分为 2 个亚组。我们采用了一种基于社会行为系统观察的混合方法。观察设计是理论的、后续的和多维的。一旦我们确认了专门观察工具的观察者间可靠性，我们就使用 LINCE 软件进行了描述性统计和极坐标分析。结果显示出高的组内和组间变异性。一般来说，VIQ<90 的参与者在回应互动方面表现出更好的改善，而 VIQ>90 的参与者在发起互动方面表现出更复杂的模式。极坐标技术有助于检测自闭症社会微观行为之间的显著关系。通过观察方法获得的结果和信息可以使专业人员了解参与者的沟通和互动。
