La perception de l'émotion médite la relation prédictive entre la capacité verbale et les résultats fonctionnels chez les adultes avec un diagnostic de trouble du spectre de l'autisme avec un haut niveau de fonctionnement cognitif

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L'objectif de cette étude était d'identifier des capacités cognitives spécifiques qui prédisent les résultats fonctionnels chez les adultes ayant un diagnostic de trouble du spectre de l'autisme (TSA) et de clarifier la contribution de ces aptitudes et de leurs relations.

Les analyses de régression ont révélé que la perception de l'émotion et la générabilité verbale prédisaient directement le fonctionnement adaptatif. Les interventions psychosociales ciblant ces capacités cognitives pourraient bénéficier à l'adaptation sociale chez les adultes

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J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Apr;47(4):1166-1182. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3036-1.

Emotion Perception Mediates the Predictive Relationship Between Verbal Ability and Functional Outcome in High-Functioning Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Otsuka S^1,2, Uono S³, Yoshimura S³, Zhao S^4,5, Toichi M^4,6.

Author information

1

Faculty of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. o2ka.psycho@gmail.com

2

The Organization for Promoting Neurodevelopmental Disorder Research (OPNDR), 40 Shogoin Sanno-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8392, Japan. o2ka.psycho@gmail.com.

3

Department of Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry, Habilitation and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.

4

Faculty of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.

5

International Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 5-3-1, Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, 102-0083, Tokyo, Japan.

6

The Organization for Promoting Neurodevelopmental Disorder Research (OPNDR), 40 Shogoin Sanno-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8392, Japan.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify specific cognitive abilities that predict functional outcome in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and to clarify the contribution of those abilities and their relationships. In total, 41 adults with ASD performed cognitive tasks in a broad range of neuro- and social cognitive domains, and information concerning functional outcomes was obtained. Regression analyses revealed that emotion perception and verbal generativity predicted adaptive functioning directly, and the former mediated between the other two. These findings provide the first evidence of a triadic relationship among neuro- and social cognition and functional outcome in this population. Our results suggest that psychosocial interventions targeting these cognitive abilities could benefit social adaptation in adults with ASD.

KEYWORDS:

Adaptive behavior; Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Emotion recognition; Predictor; Social cognition; Social functioning

PMID: 28194554

DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3036-1