连接认知灵活性,规划和自闭症特征:认知能力的调解作用
Francesca Anderle1, Rebecca Barbieri1, Angela Pasqualotto2
1Laboratory of Observation, Diagnosis, and Education (ODFLab), Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
Research in developmental disabilities
|October 29, 2025
概括
自闭症儿童的执行功能 (EF) 与自闭症特征有多种联系. 认知能力显著调解社会沟通技巧,但并非所有自闭症行为,强调需要更好的评估工具.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 自闭症儿童经常经历执行功能 (EF) 的挑战,影响社会能力和限制性/重复性行为 (RRB).
- 现有的EF和自闭症特征研究结果不一致,特别是在将基于表现的措施与家长/临床医生报告相结合时.
- 在这些关联中,一般认知能力的调解作用需要进一步研究.
研究的目的:
- 检查EF和自闭症儿童中自闭症特征之间的关系.
- 研究认知能力对EF和自闭症特征之间的关联的调解效应.
- 根据智商 (IQ) 水平,探索EF表现和自闭症特征的差异.
主要方法:
- 评估了110名自闭症参与者 (4-17岁) 的队列,他们的智商水平各不相同 (33 <85,77 ≥85).
- 神经心理学评估包括儿童韦斯勒智力表 (WISC-IV),基于绩效的EF任务 (WCST,TOL),临床医生评级 (ADOS-2) 和家长报告 (SRS-2).
主要成果:
- 认知灵活性与临床医生观察到的RRB相关;规划技能与家长报告的自闭症特征相关.
- 认知能力显著调解了认知灵活性/规划和临床医生评估的社会沟通技能之间的联系.
- 较低智商的参与者表现较差EF表现,但仅基于智商的临床医生评级社会分数没有显著差异.
结论:
- 结果突出了基于表现的EF测量和父母/临床医生报告的自闭症特征之间的不一致性.
- 认知能力对于在临床评估中理解EF和社会沟通至关重要,这强调了需要改进的神经心理工具的需要.
- 临床医生评级的RRB和家长报告可能反映出自闭症特征不太依赖于更广泛的认知能力.
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