Predicting Friendship Quality in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typical Development

Autor/inn/en	Bauminger, Nirit; Solomon, Marjorie; Rogers, Sally J.
Titel	Predicting Friendship Quality in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typical Development
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40 (2010) 6, S.751-761 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-009-0928-8
Schlagwörter	Autism; Friendship; Parent Child Relationship; Interpersonal Relationship; Attachment Behavior; Mothers; Social Cognition; Children; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Comparative Analysis; Age Differences; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Freundschaft; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Mother; Mutter; Soziale Kognition; Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Prädiktor
Abstract	The role played by social relationship variables (attachment security; mother-child relationship qualities) and social-cognitive capacities (theory of mind) was examined in both observed friendship behaviors and in children's descriptions of friendships (age 8-12) with high functioning children with autism spectrum disorders (HFASD) (n = 44) and with typical development (TYP) (n = 38). Overall, half of the HFASD sample (54.45%) reported maternal attachment security, corroborating data from younger children with ASD. The hypothesized predictors and their interrelations had both direct and indirect effects on friendship for both groups of children, highlighting the importance of these factors in children's friendship development and suggesting both compensatory and amplification mechanisms for friendship qualities. Practical and clinical implications are discussed for friendship support in both ASD and TYP. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10