Department of Psychology of Occupation, Organization and Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Faculty of Social Science, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, Lublin, 20-950, Poland.
J Neurodev Disord. 2024 Jun 25;16(1):34. doi: 10.1186/s11689-024-09551-y.
Among the current avenues of research into the origins and development of the autism spectrum, those concerning atypical levels of sensory responsiveness are gaining increasing relevance. Researchers note the relationship of sensory responsiveness in children on the autism spectrum to their motor, cognitive and social development. Current research reports combines the responsiveness to sensory stimuli also with the development of pretend play. Aim of this study was to verify the relationship between the level of development of pretend play and the level of sensory responsiveness in children on the autism spectrum.
A study was conducted in a group of 63 children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum aged from 3 years and 7 months to 9 years and 3 months using: Pretend Play subscale from the Theory of Mind Mechanism Scale and Sensory Experiences Questionnaire version 2.1.
The results revealed that elevated sensory hyporesponsiveness predicted low pretend play skills in the group of participating children.
The study verified the contribution of the level of sensory hyporesponsiveness to explaining the atypical development of pretend play in children on the autism spectrum.
在自闭症谱系的起源和发展的当前研究途径中,那些关于非典型感觉反应水平的研究越来越受到关注。研究人员注意到自闭症谱系儿童的感觉反应与他们的运动、认知和社会发展有关。目前的研究报告将对感觉刺激的反应与假装游戏的发展结合起来。本研究的目的是验证自闭症谱系儿童的假装游戏发展水平与感觉反应水平之间的关系。
本研究使用心理机制理论量表的假装游戏子量表和感觉体验问卷 2.1 对 63 名 3 岁 7 个月至 9 岁 3 个月的自闭症谱系儿童进行了研究。
结果表明,感觉反应迟钝程度较高的儿童,其假装游戏技能较低。
该研究验证了感觉反应迟钝程度对自闭症谱系儿童的假装游戏发展异常的解释作用。