Typical Pain Experience but Underestimation of Others' Pain: Emotion Perception in Self and Others in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Thaler, Hanna; Skewes, Joshua C.; Gebauer, Line; Christensen, Peer; Prkachin, Kenneth M.; Jegindø Elmholdt, Else-Marie
Titel	Typical Pain Experience but Underestimation of Others' Pain: Emotion Perception in Self and Others in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 22 (2018) 6, S.751-762 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361317701269
Schlagwörter	Pain; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Emotional Response; Interpersonal Competence; Males; Stimulation; Nonverbal Communication; Control Groups; Comparative Analysis; Social Cognition; Social Behavior; Adults; Intelligence Tests; Empathy; Perspective Taking; Measures (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Denmark; Interpersonal Reactivity Index; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schmerz; Autismus; Emotionales Verhalten; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Soziale Kognition; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Empathie; Zukunftsperspektive; Messdaten; Ausland; Dänemark
Abstract	Difficulties in emotion perception are commonly observed in autism spectrum disorder. However, it is unclear whether these difficulties can be attributed to a general problem of relating to emotional states, or whether they specifically concern the perception of others' expressions. This study addressed this question in the context of pain, a sensory and emotional state with strong social relevance. We investigated pain evaluation in self and others in 16 male individuals with autism spectrum disorder and 16 age- and gender-matched individuals without autism spectrum disorder. Both groups had at least average intelligence and comparable levels of alexithymia and pain catastrophizing. We assessed pain reactivity by administering suprathreshold electrical pain stimulation at four intensity levels. Pain evaluation in others was investigated using dynamic facial expressions of shoulder patients experiencing pain at the same four intensity levels. Participants with autism spectrum disorder evaluated their own pain as being more intense than the pain of others, showing an underestimation bias for others' pain at all intensity levels. Conversely, in the control group, self- and other evaluations of pain intensity were comparable and positively associated. Results indicate that emotion perception difficulties in autism spectrum disorder concern the evaluation of others' emotional expressions, with no evidence for atypical experience of own emotional states. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01