在高功能自闭症中,情感和认知同理心的损害是由情绪反应的改变所介导的
Ann-Christin S Kimmig1,2, Lina Burger3, Marina Schall4
1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Calwerstr. 14, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. ann-christin.kimmig@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
Scientific reports
|September 17, 2024
概括
自闭症患者表现出认知和情感同情心的减少,这与情绪反应能力的降低有关. 这种情绪反应性可能是自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的同理心障碍的关键因素.
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背景情况:
- 共感障碍是自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的核心特征.
- 虽然在ASD中经常报告认知同情缺陷,但对情感同情的发现是混合的,可能是由于方法和个人心理因素.
- 了解这些因素对于描述自闭症患者的同理心至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了澄清自闭症个体在情感和认知同情心方面的缺陷.
- 调查情绪反应和社会距离在ASD中的同理心变异中的作用.
- 确定自闭症同情障碍潜在的潜在机制.
主要方法:
- 在34名自闭症个体和33名典型开发的对照人群 (TDCs) 中,使用文本同情测试 (TET) 评估了同情心.
- 在TET中,参与者设想自己处于口头呈现的情感场景中,评价目标人的情绪 (认知同情) 和他们自己的反应 (情感同情).
- 用标准化的回归系数分析了情绪反应和社交距离的影响.
主要成果:
- 与对照人群相比,自闭症个体表现出较低的认知和情感同情心,无论社会距离如何.
- 在自闭症组中观察到情绪反应的减少.
- 发现情绪反应能调解自闭症和认知和情感同理心之间的关系.
结论:
- 改变的情绪反应性可能是导致自闭症患者同理心障碍的一个重要因素.
- 这些发现凸显了自闭症患者的同情心的复杂性质,并表明情绪反应性是干预的关键目标.
- 这项研究提供了对自闭症谱系障碍中的同情心缺陷的细微了解.
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