Department of Psychological Science, School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK.
Dev Neuropsychol. 2022 Apr-Jun;47(3):136-157. doi: 10.1080/87565641.2022.2047685. Epub 2022 Mar 14.
Individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) and individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) present with poor navigation and elevated anxiety. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between these two characteristics. Parent report questionnaires measured navigation abilities and anxiety in WS (N = 55) and DS (N = 42) as follows. Anxiety: Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and a novel measure of navigation anxiety. Navigation: Santa Barbara Sense of Direction Scale (SBSOD) and a novel measure of navigation competence. Most individuals were not permitted to travel independently. A relationship between navigation anxiety and SBSOD scores (but not navigation competence) was observed for both groups.
唐氏综合征（DS）患者和威廉姆斯综合征（WS）患者表现出较差的导航能力和较高的焦虑水平。本研究旨在确定这两个特征之间的关系。父母报告问卷分别测量了 WS（N=55）和 DS（N=42）患者的导航能力和焦虑水平，其中焦虑评估采用 Spence 儿童焦虑量表和一种新的导航焦虑测量方法，导航能力评估采用圣巴巴拉方向感量表（SBSOD）和一种新的导航能力测量方法。大多数患者不允许独立出行。两个群体的 SBSOD 评分（而非导航能力）与导航焦虑之间均存在相关性。
