自闭症中的社会能力:一种结构方程建模方法
G L Simmons1,2, B A Corbett3, M D Lerner4,5
1TEACCH Autism Program, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
概括
自闭症青少年的社会能力涉及不同的社会认知和社会行为,这两者并不密切相关. 干预应考虑针对这些单独的领域,以提供有效的支持.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 自闭症患者经常在社交能力方面遇到挑战,这会影响社交互动和建立关系.
- 当前的临床干预经常针对社会认知和社会行为,但它们的潜在关系仍然不清楚.
- 了解社会能力的不同组成部分对于开发有效的治疗策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 通过结构方程建模,研究自闭症青少年的社会认知和社会行为之间的关系.
- 确定社会认知和社会行为是否与这个人群中密切相关的潜在构造.
- 通过澄清这两个领域之间的结构关系,为临床干预提供信息.
主要方法:
- 使用结构方程建模分析了来自219名自闭症青少年 (10-17岁) 和他们的护理人员的数据.
- 评估了社会认知和社会行为,使用护理人员和自我报告尺度,观察措施和临床评估 (例如,NEPSY-II).
- 使用测量和相关模型来评估构造物之间的合适性和关系.
主要成果:
- 社会认知和社会行为的测量模型显示足够好适合.
- 相关模型表明,自闭症青少年的社会认知和社会行为之间的关系很弱.
- 对年轻男性进行的探索性分析表明,更好的模型适用于特定的社会行为.
结论:
- 社会认知和社会行为在自闭症青少年中似乎是凝聚在一起但可以分离的构造.
- 这项研究不支持社会认知与社会行为之间的直接结构关系.
- 研究结果表明,干预措施可能需要考虑独立地针对社会认知和社会行为,以支持自闭症青少年的社会发展.
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