Brief Report: Mediation of Treatment Effect in a Communication Intervention for Pre-School Children with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Aldred, Catherine; Green, Jonathan; Emsley, Richard; McConachie, Helen
Titel	Brief Report: Mediation of Treatment Effect in a Communication Intervention for Pre-School Children with Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42 (2012) 3, S.447-454 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-011-1248-3
Schlagwörter	Early Intervention; Autism; Communication Problems; Young Children; Comparative Analysis; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Parent Child Relationship; Parent Influence; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Kommunikationsbarriere; Frühe Kindheit; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Tests of mediation in treatment trials can illuminate processes of change and suggest causal influences in development. We conducted a mediation analysis of a previously published randomised controlled trial of parent-mediated communication-focused treatment for autism against ordinary care, with 28 children aged 2-5 years (Aldred et al. in J Child Psychol Psychiatr 45:1-11, 2004). The hypothesised mediating process, targeted by the intervention, was an increase in parental synchronous response within parent-child interaction. The results showed partial mediation, with change in synchrony accounting for 34% of the positive intervention effect on autism symptomatology (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule communication and social domain algorithm); the result was confirmed by bootstrap estimation. Improved parental synchronous response to child communication can alter short-term autism symptom outcome with targeted therapy. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10