The "Reading the Mind in Films" Task [Child Version]: Complex Emotion and Mental State Recognition in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Conditions

Autor/inn/en	Golan, Ofer; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Golan, Yael
Titel	The "Reading the Mind in Films" Task [Child Version]: Complex Emotion and Mental State Recognition in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Conditions
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38 (2008) 8, S.1534-1541 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-007-0533-7
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Autism; Empathy; Children; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Psychological Patterns; Social Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Empathie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Soziales Umfeld
Abstract	Children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) have difficulties recognizing others' emotions. Research has mostly focused on "basic" emotion recognition, devoid of context. This study reports the results of a new task, assessing recognition of "complex" emotions and mental states in social contexts. An ASC group (n = 23) was compared to a general population control group (n = 24). Children with ASC performed lower than controls on the task. Using task scores, more than 87% of the participants were allocated to their group. This new test quantifies complex emotion and mental state recognition in life-like situations. Our findings reveal that children with ASC have residual difficulties in this aspect of empathy. The use of language-based compensatory strategies for emotion recognition is discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10