Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 University Road, Tainan, 701, Taiwan R.O.C.
Department of Occupational Therapy, Tai An Hospital, Shuang Shi Branch, Tai-chung, Taiwan R.O.C.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2023 Sep;53(9):3659-3669. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05662-4. Epub 2022 Jul 13.
This two-year follow-up study examined the predictive relationships of theory of mind (ToM) to social interaction by reciprocal social behaviors (RSBs) and social functioning (SF) in 106 children with ASD. The results of the path analysis showed that the earlier ToM predicted children's current component RSBs (B = 3.53, SE = 1.86, p = 0.039) and the current SF (B = 1.79-1.87, SE = 0.03-0.34, p < 0.001). The aloof and passive social interaction styles predicted fewer turn-taking of RSBs (B = - 48.77 to - 111.17, p < 0.001) and fewer components of RSBs (B = - 36.30 to - 81.41, p < 0.001). This finding provides empirical evidence that ToM predicts social interaction in children with ASD.
这项为期两年的随访研究调查了自闭症儿童 106 名中,心理理论(ToM)对互惠社会行为(RSBs)和社交功能(SF)的预测关系。路径分析的结果表明,早期的 ToM 可以预测儿童当前的 RSB 成分(B=3.53,SE=1.86,p=0.039)和当前的 SF(B=1.79-1.87,SE=0.03-0.34,p<0.001)。冷漠和被动的社交互动方式预测 RSB 的更少轮次(B= -48.77 到 -111.17,p<0.001)和更少的 RSB 成分(B= -36.30 到 -81.41,p<0.001)。这一发现为心理理论预测自闭症儿童社交互动提供了经验证据。