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

Aperçu: G.M

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

Un modèle de cheminement des habiletés de vocabulaire expressif chez les enfants d'âge préscolaire initialement pré-verbaux avec trouble du spectre de l'autre

Aperçu: G.M.

L'étude a examiné les voies directes et indirectes impliquant le vocabulaire réceptif et la diversité des consonnes clés utilisées dans la communication (DKCC) pour mieux comprendre pourquoi les prédicteurs de valeur ajoutée précédemment identifiés sont associés au vocabulaire expressif ultérieur chez les enfants initialement pré-verbaux avec un diagnostic de trouble du spectre de l'autisme.

DKCC a dirigé l'association entre la communication intentionnelle et le vocabulaire expressif. Des recherches supplémentaires sont nécessaires pour reproduire les résultats, tester les relations potentiellement causales et fournir une séquence spécifique de cibles d'intervention pour les enfants pré-verbaux avec un diagnostic de TSA.

J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Apr;47(4):947-960. doi: 10.1007/s10803-016-3016-x.

A Path Model of Expressive Vocabulary Skills in Initially Preverbal Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

McDaniel J¹, Yoder P², Watson LR³.

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1

Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 1215 21st Avenue South, MCE 8310, South Tower, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA. jena.c.mcdaniel@vanderbilt.edu

2

Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.

3

Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Abstract

We examined direct and indirect paths involving receptive vocabulary and diversity of key consonants used in communication (DKCC) to improve understanding of why previously identified value-added predictors are associated with later expressive vocabulary for initially preverbal children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; n = 87). Intentional communication, DKCC, and parent linguistic responses accounted for unique variance in later expressive vocabulary when controlling for mid-point receptive vocabulary, but responding to joint attention did not. We did not confirm any indirect paths through mid-point receptive vocabulary. DKCC mediated the association between intentional communication and expressive vocabulary. Further research is needed to replicate the findings, test potentially causal relations, and provide a specific sequence of intervention targets for preverbal children with ASD.

PMID: 28251393

DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-3016-x