Perceptions of Distress in Young Children with Autism Compared to Typically Developing Children: A Cultural Comparison between Japan and Italy

Autor/inn/en	Esposito, G.; Nakazawa, J.; Venuti, P.; Bornstein, M. H.
Titel	Perceptions of Distress in Young Children with Autism Compared to Typically Developing Children: A Cultural Comparison between Japan and Italy
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 33 (2012) 4, S.1059-1067 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2012.01.014
Schlagwörter	Emotional Disturbances; Cross Cultural Studies; Autism; Foreign Countries; Young Children; Crying; Responses; Evaluation Methods; Italy; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gefühlsstörung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Autismus; Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Weinen; Italien
Abstract	This study investigates how adults in two contrasting cultures (Italian and Japanese) perceive episodes of crying of typically developing (TD) children and children with Autism Disorder (AD). Although cries of children with AD have been reported to elicit more distress in Western cultures, it is not known whether similar findings hold in Eastern cultures. In Experiment 1, we artificially modified structural parameters (fundamental frequency, duration of pauses, waveform modulation) of cries and asked Italian and Japanese adults to judge levels of expressed and felt distress in the cries. In Experiment 2, we asked Italian and Japanese adults to report these levels of distress on hearing cries of AD and TD children. In both cultures, cries with higher fundamental frequency and shorter pause durations were judged more distressing and distressed and observers perceived cries of children with AD as more distressing and distressed than cries of TD children. The similar responses in adults from two contrasting societies constitute evidence that reactions to cries of children with AD might be universal. (Contains 4 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10