Social Approach and Autistic Behavior in Children with Fragile X Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Roberts, Jane E.; Weisenfeld, Leigh Anne H.; Hatton, Deborah D.; Heath, Morgan; Kaufmann, Walter E.
Titel	Social Approach and Autistic Behavior in Children with Fragile X Syndrome
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37 (2007) 9, S.1748-1760 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-006-0305-9
Schlagwörter	Measures (Individuals); Human Body; Nonverbal Communication; Autism; Genetics; Cognitive Ability; Observation; Eye Movements; Motion; Interpersonal Competence; Children; Mental Retardation; Age; Sex; Interpersonal Relationship; Evaluators; Social Behavior; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messdaten; Menschlicher Körper; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Autismus; Humangenetik; Denkfähigkeit; Beobachtung; Augenbewegung; Bewegungsablauf; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Child; Kind; Kinder; Geistige Behinderung; Alter; Lebensalter; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten
Abstract	Social avoidance is a core phenotypic characteristic of fragile X syndrome (FXS) that has critical cognitive and social consequences. However, no study has examined modulation of multiple social avoidant behaviors in children with FXS. In the current study, we introduce the "Social Approach Scale" (SAS), an observation scale that includes physical movement, facial expression, and eye contact approach behaviors collected across multiple time points. Our findings suggested that social approach behaviors in children with FXS were affected by age, gender, setting, and time spent with an examiner. Selected social approach behaviors were related to autistic behavior. Increased eye contact over the course of a research assessment, in particular, was found to be a strong predictor of lower autistic behavior. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10