使用适应性行为评分来传达自闭症谱系障碍儿童的功能水平:来自探索早期发育研究的证据
Sarah M Furnier1, Susan Ellis Weismer1, Eric Rubenstein2
1University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Autism : the international journal of research and practice
|August 23, 2023
概括
适应性行为评分为自闭症儿童的优势和支持需求提供了宝贵的见解,超越了认知能力和自闭症症状严重程度. 这些分数揭示了各种能力,有助于自闭症患者的个性化支持策略.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 自闭症患者通常使用自闭症个人被分类.
- 低低的 - 低的 - 低的
- 和和和和和和和和.
- 高功能的高功能的功能.
- 基于认知测试结果的标签.
- 这些标签虽然很常见,但可能不能完全捕捉到自闭症儿童和成人的各种能力和支持需求.
- 需要额外的方法来全面描述自闭症儿童的功能.
研究的目的:
- 调查自适应性行为得分是否提供了与认知能力和自闭症症状严重程度相比,自闭症儿童的功能能力的独特信息.
- 确定适应性行为评估是否可以提供对自闭症儿童个体差异的更细致的理解.
- 探索适应性行为,认知发展和自闭症症状严重程度之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 这项研究检查了自闭症诊断儿童适应性行为测试的得分.
- 认知能力,自闭症症状严重程度以及行为/情绪问题也被评估.
- 进行了统计分析,以确定适应性行为得分的独特贡献.
主要成果:
- 适应性行为得分的显著部分变化并不能由认知发展,自闭症症状严重程度或行为/情绪问题来解释.
- 自闭症儿童表现出广泛的适应能力,不管他们的认知得分 (低,平均或高).
- 适应性行为得分提供了与认知能力和症状严重程度不同的信息.
结论:
- 适应性行为评分提供了关于自闭症儿童的优势和支持需求的宝贵信息,补充了认知评估.
- 这些分数可以帮助识别自闭症人口中更广泛的能力和需求.
- 利用适应性行为措施可以为自闭症患者提供更个性化,更有效的支持策略.
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