Theory of mind, severity of autistic symptoms and parental correlates in children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome

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• 作者：Hagit Nagar Shimoni^a ; ^{Hagitnagar8@gmail.com} ; Abraham Weizman^b ; ^c ; Roni Hegesh Yoran^a ; ^b ; Amiram Raviv^d
• 关键词：Asperger syndrome ; High-functioning autism ; Theory of mind ; Social Attribution Task ; Parental correlates
• 刊名：Psychiatry Research
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：225_01651781
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：15 May, 2012
• 卷：197
• 期：1-2
• 页码：85-89
• 文件大小：171 K

摘要

This study addresses the theory of mind (ToM) ability of Asperger's syndrome/high-functioning autism (AS/HFA) children and their parents and the severity of the autistic symptoms. Fifty-three families, each consisting of a mother, father and a child, participated in this study (N = 159). The 53 children in the sample included 25 children diagnosed with AS/HFA and 28 typically developing (TD) children. The Social Attribution Task (SAT) and tests assessing autistic symptoms were used. AS/HFA children had lower scores than TD children on three of the SAT indices (Person, ToM Affective, and Salience). Fathers of AS/HFA children did not have lower scores than fathers of TD children on the SAT task, whereas mothers of AS/HFA children had lower scores on the Person index, a pattern similar to seen in their children, suggesting a possible genetic contribution of mothers to ToM deficit in AS/HFA children.