Ren Huiting, Ren Guanghao, Zhan Yuqi, Jia Zhichun
School of Art, Hunan City University, Yiyang, China.
Laboratory Department of Business Science, Sehan University, Mokpo, South Korea.
Front Psychol. 2022 Aug 8;13:937564. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937564. eCollection 2022.
Despite impairments in social communication in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), existing studies only examine the effects of either MT or DMT interventions. In the family setting, few studies have investigated interventions for social communication impairments in children with ASD. This study designed and tested a mixed intervention program of both MT and DMT through a 3-month intervention and training for children with ASD in the family setting including parent and child. A pre-test and post-test were conducted in the experimental and control groups, and the childhood autism rating scale (CARS) and autism treatment evaluation checklist (ATEC) scales were used to assess the severity of ASD symptoms and the effects of intervention. A -test and analysis of variance were performed based on the experimental results. The results indicated that the experimental and control groups did not differ significantly on the CARS pre-test ( = 1.218, > 0.05) and that there was no significant difference in the ATEC pre-test ( = 0.546, > 0.05; = 0.074, > 0.05, partial η = 0.003). There was no significant difference between the pre- and post-test scores for the CARS in the control group ( = 0.635, > 0.05), and there was no significant difference between the pre- and post-test scores for the ATEC in the control group ( = 0.027, > 0.05; = 5.251, > 0.05, partial η = 0.313). There was a significant difference between the pre- and post-test scores on the CARS in the experimental group ( = 4.327, > 0.05) and the pre- and post-test scores on the ATEC in the experimental group ( = 5.763, > 0.01; = 32.615, > 0.01, partial η = 0.759), with the post-test scores being lower than the pre-test scores. This demonstrates that the mixed intervention of MT and DMT in the family parent-child setting can reduce autism and improve social communication impairment in children with ASD.
尽管自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童存在社交沟通障碍，但现有研究仅考察了音乐疗法（MT）或舞蹈动作疗法（DMT）干预的效果。在家庭环境中，很少有研究调查针对ASD儿童社交沟通障碍的干预措施。本研究设计并测试了一个MT和DMT的混合干预项目，通过对包括家长和孩子在内的家庭环境中的ASD儿童进行为期3个月的干预和训练。在实验组和对照组中进行了前测和后测，并使用儿童自闭症评定量表（CARS）和自闭症治疗评估清单（ATEC）量表来评估ASD症状的严重程度和干预效果。根据实验结果进行了t检验和方差分析。结果表明，实验组和对照组在CARS前测中无显著差异（t = 1.218，p > 0.05），在ATEC前测中也无显著差异（t = 0.546，p > 0.05；t = 0.074，p > 0.05，偏η² = 0.003）。对照组CARS前测和后测分数之间无显著差异（t = 0.635，p > 0.05），对照组ATEC前测和后测分数之间也无显著差异（t = 0.027，p > 0.05；t = 5.251，p > 0.05，偏η² = 0.313）。实验组CARS前测和后测分数之间存在显著差异（t = 4.327，p > 0.05），实验组ATEC前测和后测分数之间也存在显著差异（t = 5.763，p > 0.01；t = 32.615，p > 0.01，偏η² = 0.759），后测分数低于前测分数。这表明在家庭亲子环境中MT和DMT的混合干预可以减轻自闭症症状并改善ASD儿童的社交沟通障碍。
