早期的执行功能预测神经多样性学前儿童的外部化问题
Katherine All1, Katarzyna Chawarska1, Suzanne L Macari1
1Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
概括
早期的执行功能缺陷预测了自闭症儿童的外部化问题. 然而,随着自闭症症状严重程度的增加,这种联系会减弱,这凸显了针对性干预的必要性.
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
- 自闭症谱系障碍研究研究
背景情况:
- 患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的儿童的外部化问题与焦虑,抑郁,同行拒绝和父母压力有关.
- 早期识别ASD外化行为预测因素对于及时干预至关重要.
- 虽然执行功能,社会功能和气质预测了一般人群中的外部化问题,但它们在神经多样性儿童,特别是早期学龄前儿童中的作用不明.
研究的目的:
- 在神经多样性儿童中,研究执行功能,社会功能和气质在3岁之间以及5岁时外部化问题之间的关系.
- 确定ASD和其他神经发育障碍儿童外化行为的早期预测因素.
主要方法:
- 在3岁的神经多样性儿童样本中评估执行功能,社会功能和气质.
- 在5岁的同一个孩子中评估了外部化问题.
- 分析了早期功能措施和后来的外部化问题之间的预测关系,考虑到自闭症症状的严重程度.
主要成果:
- 3岁时执行功能障碍的严重程度显著预测了5岁时增加的外部化问题.
- 执行功能和外部化问题之间的关系因社会自闭症症状的严重程度而受到缓解.
- 执行职能对外部化问题的预测效应随着自闭症症状的严重程度的增加而减少.
结论:
- 执行功能是早期识别和干预策略的关键目标,用于外部化神经多样性儿童的问题.
- 在检查神经发育障碍儿童外化问题的发展时,必须考虑自闭症症状的严重程度.
- 研究结果强调了对理解和解决ASD儿童行为挑战的细微方法的重要性.
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