Autistic and dysphasic children differ in social responsiveness and empathy but not in systemizing behavior

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Název: Autistic and dysphasic children differ in social responsiveness and empathy but not in systemizing behavior
Autoři: Hrdlička, M., Urbánek, T. (Tomáš), Mrkvička, A., Komárek, V., Pospíšilová, L., Mohaplová, M., Blatný, M., Dudová, I.
Zdroj: Ceskoslovenska psychologie. 67:308-314
Informace o vydavateli: Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2023.
Rok vydání: 2023
Témata: autism, systemizing, developmental dysphasia, social responsiveness, empathizing
Popis: Objectives. the Social responsiveness Scale (SrS) and the Empathizing/Systemizing Quotient (EQ/SQ) scale are both used for the assessment of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). this study aimed to investigate the use of both scales to assess another neurodevelopmental disorder, namely developmental dysphasia (DD). Additionally, the study examined differences in social, empathetic, and systemizing\ncharacteristics between ASD and DD groups. Sample and settings. the authors examined 103 children with (1) ASD (n = 30, mean age 8.4 ± ± 2.6 years), (2) DD (n = 35, mean age 8.9 ± ± 2.3 years), and (3) healthy control children (Hc, n = 38, mean age 9.2 ± 1.6 years) using the SrS and EQ/SQ assessments. Subjects with additional psychiatric diagnoses, e.g., intellectual disabilities and/or genetic syndromes, were excluded from the study. Statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics, oneway AnOVA, chi-square test, and Kruskal-Wallis test with the Bonferroni correction were used. Hypotheses. the null hypothesis was that there are no significant differences between the ASD, DD and Hc subgroups on the Social responsiveness Scale and on the Empathizing/Systemizing Quotients. Results. there were statistically significant \ndifferences on the SrS between the ASD, DD, and Hc groups (97.0 vs. 52.0 vs. 29.0, p
Druh dokumentu: Article
ISSN: 1804-6436
0009-062X
DOI: 10.51561/cspsych.67.5.308
Přístupová URL adresa: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0346558
Přístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....b38498e4cdec8d7bd47de0c960222d89
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:Objectives. the Social responsiveness Scale (SrS) and the Empathizing/Systemizing Quotient (EQ/SQ) scale are both used for the assessment of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). this study aimed to investigate the use of both scales to assess another neurodevelopmental disorder, namely developmental dysphasia (DD). Additionally, the study examined differences in social, empathetic, and systemizing\ncharacteristics between ASD and DD groups. Sample and settings. the authors examined 103 children with (1) ASD (n = 30, mean age 8.4 ± ± 2.6 years), (2) DD (n = 35, mean age 8.9 ± ± 2.3 years), and (3) healthy control children (Hc, n = 38, mean age 9.2 ± 1.6 years) using the SrS and EQ/SQ assessments. Subjects with additional psychiatric diagnoses, e.g., intellectual disabilities and/or genetic syndromes, were excluded from the study. Statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics, oneway AnOVA, chi-square test, and Kruskal-Wallis test with the Bonferroni correction were used. Hypotheses. the null hypothesis was that there are no significant differences between the ASD, DD and Hc subgroups on the Social responsiveness Scale and on the Empathizing/Systemizing Quotients. Results. there were statistically significant \ndifferences on the SrS between the ASD, DD, and Hc groups (97.0 vs. 52.0 vs. 29.0, p
ISSN:18046436
0009062X
DOI:10.51561/cspsych.67.5.308