自閉症スペクトラム障害児と定型発達児がいる家族における保護者の内的世界表象機能:きょうだい間比較
Yael Enav1, Lee Barel Refaeli1, Ifah Levinger1
1School of Therapy, Counseling and Human Development, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Israel.
Research in developmental disabilities
|December 23, 2025
まとめ
定型発達児(TD)のきょうだいと比較して、自閉症児に対して保護者の内的世界表象機能(PRF)が高いことが示された。自閉症児がいる家族は、両児に異なる影響を与える特異なPRFパターンを示す。
科学分野:
- 発達心理学
- 臨床心理学
- 家族研究
背景:
- 保護者の内的世界表象機能(PRF)は、子どもの精神状態を理解する上で重要である。
- 先行研究では、定型発達(TD)のきょうだいと比較して、自閉症児に対してPRFが高いことが示唆されている。
- 自閉症児がいる家族といない家族の間でのPRFの変動に関する研究は限られている。
研究 の 目的:
- 自閉症児ときょうだい児の間のPRFの違いに関する研究結果を再現すること。
- 自閉症児がいる家族といない家族のPRFの違いを調査すること。
- 多様な家族構成における家族内のPRFパターンを探求すること。
主な方法:
- 保護者の内的世界表象機能質問票(PRFQ)および5分間スピーチサンプル(FMSS-RF)を使用した。
- 自閉症児とTD児がいる保護者30名、TD児のみがいる保護者30名(合計120件の評価)を評価した。
- PRFの比較分析のために、一元配置分散分析およびχ²検定を用いた。
主要な成果:
- 自閉症児は定型発達(TD)のきょうだいと比較して、有意に高いPRFを示した。
- 自閉症児では、前メンタライゼーション様式を含むPRFの上昇が認められた。
- 自閉症児がいる家族では、TD児のみがいる家族とは異なり、両児に一貫した前メンタライゼーションが認められた。
結論:
- 自閉症児を育てる保護者は、PRFに影響を与える特有の要求に直面する。
- 自閉症児がいる家族には、家族内の特異なPRFパターンが存在する。
- TDのきょうだいにも影響を与える可能性のあるPRFの格差があり、さらなる研究と支援が必要である。
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