Dissanayake C, Sigman M, Kasari C
Department of Child Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024, USA.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1996 May;37(4):461-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01427.x.
The results of two studies designed to investigate the short- and long-term stability of autistic children's responsiveness to displays of negative emotions in others are reported here. In the first study we measured the attention and behavioural responses of 22 autistic children to another's distress about a year and a half after initial assessments in a similar situation. In the second study, the children were re-assessed in two affective contexts over 5 years after initial testing. Individual differences in early responses to affect predicted affective responsiveness at each follow-up. Emotional responsiveness was positively associated with concurrent cognitive skills at each point of assessment. Furthermore, autistic children discriminated between affective and non-affective contexts when this discrimination was tested at the second follow-up.
本文报告了两项旨在研究自闭症儿童对他人负面情绪表现的反应在短期和长期的稳定性的研究结果。在第一项研究中，我们在类似情境下进行初始评估约一年半后，测量了22名自闭症儿童对他人痛苦的注意力和行为反应。在第二项研究中，这些儿童在初始测试后的5年里，在两种情感情境下接受了重新评估。早期对情感的反应中的个体差异预测了每次随访时的情感反应能力。在每次评估点，情感反应能力与同时期的认知技能呈正相关。此外，在第二次随访时进行测试时，自闭症儿童能够区分情感情境和非情感情境。
