Brief Report: The Smiles of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder during an Animal-Assisted Activity May Facilitate Social Positive Behaviors--Quantitative Analysis with Smile-Detecting Interface

Autor/inn/en	Funahashi, Atsushi; Gruebler, Anna; Aoki, Takeshi; Kadone, Hideki; Suzuki, Kenji
Titel	Brief Report: The Smiles of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder during an Animal-Assisted Activity May Facilitate Social Positive Behaviors--Quantitative Analysis with Smile-Detecting Interface
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44 (2014) 3, S.685-693 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-013-1898-4
Schlagwörter	Statistical Analysis; Children; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Autism; Comparative Analysis; Control Groups; Males; Animals; Measurement Equipment; Nonverbal Communication; Child Behavior; Video Technology; Coding; Computers; Social Behavior; Antisocial Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Statistische Analyse; Child; Kind; Kinder; Autismus; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Messinstrument; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Codierung; Programmierung; Digitalrechner; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten
Abstract	We quantitatively measured the smiles of a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD-C) using a wearable interface device during animal-assisted activities (AAA) for 7 months, and compared the results with a control of the same age. The participant was a 10-year-old boy with ASD, and a normal healthy boy of the same age was the control. They voluntarily participated in this study. Neither child had difficulty putting on the wearable device. They kept putting on the device comfortably through the entire experiment (duration of a session was about 30-40 min). This study was approved by the Ethical Committee based on the rules established by the Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center. The behavior of the participants during AAA was video-recorded and coded by the medical examiner (ME). In both groups, the smiles recognized by the ME corresponded with the computer-detected smiles. In both groups, positive social behaviors increased when the smiles increased. Also, negative social behaviors decreased when the smiles increased in the (ASD-C). It is suggested that by leading the (ASD-C) into a social environment that may cause smiling, the child's social positive behaviors may be facilitated and his social negative behaviors may be decreased. (As Provided).
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