Wynn Camille J, McClain Maryellen Brunson, Roanhorse Tyus T, Golson Megan E, Harris Bryn, Bera Jac'lyn, Shahid Rabbiya
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Department of Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2025 Jan 9. doi: 10.1007/s10803-024-06711-w.
The evaluation of social communication and interaction (SC/I) behaviors is foundational to the autism identification process. However, this type of evaluation is made difficult by the fact that SC/I is a construct in which perceptions and expectations are largely influenced by norms and attitudes of different sociodemographic groups. While there are many factors that influence differences in SC/I behaviors across sociodemographic groups, one factor that may be especially important is the perceived value of these behaviors. The purpose of this study is to investigate which sociodemographic factors influence the perceived importance of SC/I behaviors among caregivers of children and adolescents. Caregivers (n = 398) living in the United States completed the Social Communication and Interaction Perceptions Scale (SCIPS). Linear mixed-effect models were used to investigate the relationship between the perceived importance of SC/I behaviors and seven sociodemographic factors as well as determine if this relationship was moderated by SC/I behavior type (i.e., foundational vs. advanced behaviors). Several different sociodemographic factors (i.e., caregiver race/ethnicity, caregiver gender, household income, child disability status, child age, child gender) were associated with caregiver ratings of the perceived importance of SC/I behaviors. This relation was, in some instances (i.e., caregiver race/ethnicity, caregiver gender, child disability status), moderated by whether the SC/I behaviors were foundational or advanced. Our findings highlight the importance of considering the values of caregivers regarding perceived SC/I importance during the autism identification process.
社会沟通与互动（SC/I）行为评估是自闭症识别过程的基础。然而，这类评估存在困难，因为SC/I是一种其认知和期望在很大程度上受不同社会人口群体规范和态度影响的结构。虽然有许多因素影响不同社会人口群体间SC/I行为的差异，但一个可能尤为重要的因素是这些行为的感知价值。本研究的目的是调查哪些社会人口因素会影响儿童和青少年照料者对SC/I行为重要性的认知。居住在美国的照料者（n = 398）完成了社会沟通与互动感知量表（SCIPS）。线性混合效应模型用于研究SC/I行为的感知重要性与七个社会人口因素之间的关系，并确定这种关系是否受SC/I行为类型（即基础行为与高级行为）的调节。几个不同的社会人口因素（即照料者种族/民族、照料者性别、家庭收入、儿童残疾状况、儿童年龄、儿童性别）与照料者对SC/I行为感知重要性的评分相关。在某些情况下（即照料者种族/民族、照料者性别、儿童残疾状况），这种关系受SC/I行为是基础行为还是高级行为的调节。我们的研究结果凸显了在自闭症识别过程中考虑照料者对SC/I感知重要性的价值观的重要性。
