Judging Pain Intensity in Children with Autism Undergoing Venepuncture: The Influence of Facial Activity

Autor/inn/en	Messmer, Rosemary L.; Nader, Rami; Craig, Kenneth D.
Titel	Judging Pain Intensity in Children with Autism Undergoing Venepuncture: The Influence of Facial Activity
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38 (2008) 7, S.1391-1394 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-007-0511-0
Schlagwörter	Autism; Children; Pain; Nonverbal Communication; Observation; Bias; Evaluative Thinking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Schmerz; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Beobachtung
Abstract	The biasing effect of pain sensitivity information and the impact of facial activity on observers' judgments of pain intensity of children with autism were examined. Observers received information that pain experience in children with autism is either the same as, more intense than, or less intense than children without autism. After viewing six video clips of children with autism undergoing venepuncture, observers estimated pain intensity using a visual analogue scale. Facial activity as coded by Chambers et al. (Child Facial Action Coding System Revised Manual, 1996) had a significant impact on observers' estimates of pain intensity; pain sensitivity information did not. These results have important implications for the assessment and management of pain in children with autism. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10