Brief Report: Empathic Responsiveness of High Functioning Children with Autism to Expressed and Anticipated Distress

Autor/inn/en	Newbigin, Amanda; Uljarevic, Mirko; Vivanti, Giacomo; Dissanayake, Cheryl
Titel	Brief Report: Empathic Responsiveness of High Functioning Children with Autism to Expressed and Anticipated Distress
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (2016) 10, S.3338-3343 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-016-2862-x
Schlagwörter	Empathy; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Control Groups; Children; Emotional Disturbances; Responses; Task Analysis; Prosocial Behavior; Freehand Drawing; Child Behavior; Researchers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Empathie; Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Gefühlsstörung; Aufgabenanalyse; Drawing; Zeichnen; Researcher; Forscher
Abstract	The majority of studies that have investigated empathic responsiveness of individuals with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have used heterogeneous groups in terms of age, cognitive level and gender which significantly impact the results. Our aim in this study was to explore responsiveness of a more homogenous sample of 21 children with ASD and 17 typically developing controls, aged 8-12 years to both overt (or expressed) and anticipated distress. In the anticipated distress task, groups were not differentiated in their response towards the experimenter who had her drawing torn. In the expressed distress task, groups were again similar in expressing concern and acting prosocially towards an experimenter who pretended to lose her watch. The theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01