Associations between Cooperation, Reactive Aggression and Social Impairments among Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Kaartinen, Miia; Puura, Kaija; Pispa, Päivi; Helminen, Mika; Salmelin, Raili; Pelkonen, Erja; Juujärvi, Petri; Kessler, Esther B.; Skuse, David H.
Titel	Associations between Cooperation, Reactive Aggression and Social Impairments among Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 23 (2019) 1, S.154-166 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361317726417
Schlagwörter	Males; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Correlation; Cooperation; Aggression; Antisocial Behavior; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Severity (of Disability); Children; Foreign Countries; Intervention; Intelligence; Finland; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Autismus; Korrelation; Co-operation; Kooperation; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Schweregrad; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Finnland
Abstract	Cooperation is a fundamental human ability that seems to be inversely related to aggressive behaviour in typical development. However, there is no knowledge whether similar association holds for children with autism spectrum disorder. A total of 27 boys with autism spectrum disorder and their gender, age and total score intelligence matched controls were studied in order to determine associations between cooperation, reactive aggression and autism spectrum disorder-related social impairments. The participants performed a modified version of the Prisoner's Dilemma task and the Pulkkinen Aggression Machine which measure dimensions of trust, trustworthiness and self-sacrifice in predisposition to cooperate, and inhibition of reactive aggression in the absence and presence of situational cues, respectively. Autism spectrum disorder severity-related Autism Diagnostic Interview-algorithm scores were ascertained by interviewing the parents of the participants with a semi-structured parental interview (Developmental, Dimensional and Diagnostic Interview). The results showed that albeit the boys with autism spectrum disorder were able to engage in reciprocation and cooperation regardless of their social impairments, their cooperativeness was positively associated with lower levels of reactive aggression and older age. Thus, strengthening inhibition mechanisms that regulate reactive aggression might make boys with autism spectrum disorder more likely to prefer mutual gain over self-interest in cooperation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01