MOE Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, Center for Information in Medicine, The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 611731, Chengdu, China.
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 611137, Chengdu, China.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Jan;54(1):143-154. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05759-w. Epub 2022 Oct 25.
This study investigated heterogeneity in language skills of children with autism and their relationship with different autistic social subtypes. Data from 90 autistic and 30 typically developing children were analyzed. Results showed that autistic social subtypes varied in language skill problems (aloof > passive > active-but-odd). There was a negative association between aloof dimension scores and language performance but positive for the active-but-odd dimension and no association in the passive one. Moreover, aloof dimension score was the main contributor to language performance. A receiver operating characteristic analysis suggested language vocabulary as an additional component in differentiating autistic social subtypes. These findings demonstrate that variations in language skills in autistic children provide additional information for discriminating their social subtype.
本研究探讨了自闭症儿童语言技能的异质性及其与不同自闭症社会亚型的关系。对 90 名自闭症儿童和 30 名典型发育儿童的数据进行了分析。结果表明，自闭症社会亚型在语言技能问题上存在差异（冷漠型>被动型>主动但奇怪型）。冷漠维度得分与语言表现呈负相关，而主动但奇怪维度得分与语言表现呈正相关，被动维度得分与语言表现无相关性。此外，冷漠维度得分是语言表现的主要贡献者。受试者工作特征分析表明，语言词汇是区分自闭症社会亚型的另一个组成部分。这些发现表明，自闭症儿童语言技能的差异为区分其社会亚型提供了额外的信息。
