Évaluer la fonction de l'interaction sociale pour les enfants autistes

Aperçu: G.M.

Plusieurs chercheurs ont évalué si l'interaction sociale se renforce ou non; cependant, peu d'études ont évalué des méthodes permettant d'évaluer si les interactions sociales fonctionnent comme des stimuli renforçateurs, neutres ou aversifs. Nous étendons cette recherche en évaluant une nouvelle méthode d'évaluation de la fonction de l'interaction sociale. Vingt et un enfants diagnostiqués avec un trouble du spectre de l'autisme (TSA) y ont participé. Les interactions sociales se sont avérées fonctionner comme des renforçateurs pour 9 participants, des stimuli neutres pour 7 participants et des stimuli aversifs pour 5 participants. La méthode évaluée s'est avérée plus efficace, peut-être plus faisable et a été tout aussi décisive que les méthodes évaluées dans des recherches antérieures. Les implications de cette étude et de sa méthodologie ainsi que les orientations futures de cette ligne de recherche sont discutées.

. 2021 May 24. doi: 10.1002/jaba.850. 

Evaluating the function of social interaction for children with autism

Samuel L Morris  ¹ , Timothy R Vollmer  ²

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• PMID: 34028027
• DOI: 10.1002/jaba.850

Abstract

Several researchers have assessed whether or not social interaction is reinforcing; however, few studies have evaluated methods of assessing whether social interactions function as reinforcing, neutral, or aversive stimuli. We extend this research by evaluating a new method of assessing the function of social interaction. Twenty-one children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) participated. Social interactions were found to function as reinforcers for 9 participants, neutral stimuli for 7 participants, and aversive stimuli for 5 participants. The method evaluated was found to be more efficient, may be more feasible, and was similarly as decisive as methods evaluated in previous research. Implications of this study and its methodology as well as future directions in this line of research are discussed.

Keywords: autism spectrum disorder; concurrent operant reinforcer assessment; social interaction.

© 2021 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (SEAB).

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