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Affect comprehension in children with pervasive developmental disorders.

M Braverman1, D Fein, D Lucci

  • 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
|June 1, 1989
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Children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) show deficits in understanding emotions, particularly in matching faces and affects. These challenges correlate with social impairments, highlighting subtypes within PDD.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Child Psychiatry

Background:

  • Pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) are characterized by social interaction and communication deficits.
  • Understanding affect (emotions) is crucial for social development.
  • Previous research suggests difficulties in social cognition in PDD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate affect comprehension in children with PDD compared to typically developing children.
  • To examine the relationship between affect matching, face matching, and object matching in children with PDD.
  • To explore the correlation between affect recognition abilities and social behavior in children with PDD.

Main Methods:

  • A cohort of children with PDD and age- and mental-age-matched typically developing controls were recruited.

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  • Three matching tasks were administered: object matching (control), face matching, and affect matching.
  • Comprehension and expression of affect terms were also assessed.

    • Main Results:

    • Children with PDD demonstrated significant impairments in affect matching compared to controls.
    • PDD children showed deficits in face and affect matching relative to their own object matching performance.
    • Affect and face matching abilities in PDD children correlated with mental age and social behavior measures.

    Conclusions:

    • Affective comprehension deficits, particularly in recognizing facial emotions, are a key feature of PDD.
    • Impairments in affect and face matching are linked to social deficits in PDD.
    • These findings underscore the heterogeneity of PDD and the importance of identifying subtypes based on social-cognitive profiles.