Imaginary Companions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Davis, Paige E.; Simon, Haley; Meins, Elizabeth; Robins, Diana L.
Titel	Imaginary Companions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48 (2018) 8, S.2790-2799 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-018-3540-y
Schlagwörter	Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Autism; Children; Play; Imagination; Gender Differences; Matched Groups; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Child Psychology; Child Behavior; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Spiel; Geschlechterkonflikt; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Kinderpsychologie; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	One of the deficits observed in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is impaired imaginative play. One form of imaginative play common in many typically developing (TD) children is having an imaginary companion (IC). The occurrence of ICs has not been investigated extensively in children with ASD. We examined differences in parent report of IC between TD and ASD populations in 215 (111 with ASD) gender-matched children aged between 2 and 8 years. Findings indicate that significantly fewer children with ASD created ICs, although there were many between-group similarities in IC forms and functions. Results are discussed in terms of qualitative differences in play, social attributions, and how children with ASD conceptualize their ICs' minds. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01