The Early Development of Joint Attention in Infants with Autistic Disorder Using Home Video Observations and Parental Interview

Autor/inn/en	Clifford, Sally M; Dissanayake, Cheryl
Titel	The Early Development of Joint Attention in Infants with Autistic Disorder Using Home Video Observations and Parental Interview
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38 (2008) 5, S.791-805 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-007-0444-7
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Autism; Infants; Human Body; Visual Aids; Eye Movements; Interviews; Parent Attitudes; Control Groups; Preschool Children; Child Development; Attention Control; Physical Disabilities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Autismus; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Menschlicher Körper; Anschauungsmaterial; Augenbewegung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Elternverhalten; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kindesentwicklung; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung
Abstract	The aim in the current study was to investigate the early development of joint attention, eye contact and affect during the first 2 years of life, by using retrospective parental interviews and analyses of home videos of infants who were later diagnosed with Autistic Disorder (AD). The 36 children with AD and the 27 matched control children were all aged between 3 and 5 years at recruitment. Reported anomalies in gaze and affect emerged in the children with AD as early as the first 6 months of life, generally becoming more severe just prior to the second birthday. Video data confirmed these anomalies from as early as the first year. Joint attention impairments were found throughout the second year of life. The results suggest that early dyadic behaviours--eye contact and affect--may play a role in the joint attention impairment in AD. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10