Personal space regulation in childhood autism: Effects of social interaction and person's perspective / Michela CANDINI in Autism Research, 10-1 (January 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 10-1 (January 2017) . - p.144-154 Titre : Personal space regulation in childhood autism: Effects of social interaction and person's perspective Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Michela CANDINI, Auteur ; Virginia GIUBERTI, Auteur ; Alessandra MANATTINI, Auteur ; Serenella GRITTANI, Auteur ; Giuseppe DI PELLEGRINO, Auteur ; Francesca FRASSINETTI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.144-154 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : interpersonal distance  autism  social interaction  perspective taking Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Studies in children with Typical Development (TD) and with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) revealed that autism affects the personal space regulation, influencing both its size (permeability) and its changes depending on social interaction (flexibility). Here, we investigate how the nature of social interaction (Cooperative vs. Uncooperative) and the person perspective influence permeability and flexibility of interpersonal distance. Moreover, we tested whether the deficit observed in ASD children, reflects the social impairment (SI) in daily interactions. The stop-distance paradigm was used to measure the preferred distance between the participant and an unfamiliar adult (first-person perspective, Experiment 1), and between two other people (third-person perspective, Experiment 2). Interpersonal distance was measured before and after the interaction with a confederate. The Wing Subgroups Questionnaire was used to evaluate SI in everyday activities, and each ASD participant was accordingly assigned either to the lower (children with low social impairment [low-SI ASD]), or to the higher SI group (children with high social impairment [high-SI ASD]). We observed larger interpersonal distance (permeability) in both ASD groups compared to TD children. Moreover, depending on the nature of social interaction, a modulation of interpersonal distance (flexibility) was observed in TD children, both from the first- and third-person perspective. Similar findings were found in low-SI but not in high-SI ASD children, in Experiment 1. Conversely, in Experiment 2, no change was observed in both ASD groups. These findings reveal that SI severity and a person's perspective may account for the deficit observed in autism when flexibility, but not permeability, of personal space is considered. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1637 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=303 [article] Personal space regulation in childhood autism: Effects of social interaction and person's perspective [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Michela CANDINI, Auteur ; Virginia GIUBERTI, Auteur ; Alessandra MANATTINI, Auteur ; Serenella GRITTANI, Auteur ; Giuseppe DI PELLEGRINO, Auteur ; Francesca FRASSINETTI, Auteur . - p.144-154. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 10-1 (January 2017) . - p.144-154 Mots-clés : interpersonal distance  autism  social interaction  perspective taking Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Studies in children with Typical Development (TD) and with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) revealed that autism affects the personal space regulation, influencing both its size (permeability) and its changes depending on social interaction (flexibility). Here, we investigate how the nature of social interaction (Cooperative vs. Uncooperative) and the person perspective influence permeability and flexibility of interpersonal distance. Moreover, we tested whether the deficit observed in ASD children, reflects the social impairment (SI) in daily interactions. The stop-distance paradigm was used to measure the preferred distance between the participant and an unfamiliar adult (first-person perspective, Experiment 1), and between two other people (third-person perspective, Experiment 2). Interpersonal distance was measured before and after the interaction with a confederate. The Wing Subgroups Questionnaire was used to evaluate SI in everyday activities, and each ASD participant was accordingly assigned either to the lower (children with low social impairment [low-SI ASD]), or to the higher SI group (children with high social impairment [high-SI ASD]). We observed larger interpersonal distance (permeability) in both ASD groups compared to TD children. Moreover, depending on the nature of social interaction, a modulation of interpersonal distance (flexibility) was observed in TD children, both from the first- and third-person perspective. Similar findings were found in low-SI but not in high-SI ASD children, in Experiment 1. Conversely, in Experiment 2, no change was observed in both ASD groups. These findings reveal that SI severity and a person's perspective may account for the deficit observed in autism when flexibility, but not permeability, of personal space is considered. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1637 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=303

When social and action spaces diverge: A study in children with typical development and autism / Michela CANDINI in Autism, 23-7 (October 2019)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 23-7 (October 2019) . - p.1687-1698 Titre : When social and action spaces diverge: A study in children with typical development and autism Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Michela CANDINI, Auteur ; V. GIUBERTI, Auteur ; E. SANTELLI, Auteur ; G. DI PELLEGRINO, Auteur ; F. FRASSINETTI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1687-1698 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorders  cooperation  interpersonal space  peripersonal space  tool-use Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The space around the body has been defined as action space (peripersonal space) and a social space (interpersonal space). Within the current debate about the characteristics of these spaces, here we investigated the functional properties and plasticity of action and social space in developmental age. To these aims, children with typical development and autism spectrum disorders were submitted to Reaching- and Comfort-distance tasks, to assess peripersonal and interpersonal space, respectively. Participants approached a person (confederate) or an object and stopped when they thought they could reach the stimulus (Reaching-distance task), or they felt comfortable with stimulus' proximity (Comfort-distance task). Both tasks were performed before and after a cooperative tool-use training, in which participant and confederate actively cooperated to reach tokens by using either a long (Experiment 1) or a short (Experiment 2) tool. Results showed that in both groups, peripersonal space extended following long-tool-use but not short-tool-use training. Conversely, in typical development, but not in autism spectrum disorders children, interpersonal space toward confederate reduced following the cooperative tool-use training. These findings reveal that action and social spaces are functionally dissociable both in typical and atypical development, and that action but not social space regulation is intact in children with autism. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361318822504 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=406 [article] When social and action spaces diverge: A study in children with typical development and autism [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Michela CANDINI, Auteur ; V. GIUBERTI, Auteur ; E. SANTELLI, Auteur ; G. DI PELLEGRINO, Auteur ; F. FRASSINETTI, Auteur . - p.1687-1698. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 23-7 (October 2019) . - p.1687-1698 Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorders  cooperation  interpersonal space  peripersonal space  tool-use Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The space around the body has been defined as action space (peripersonal space) and a social space (interpersonal space). Within the current debate about the characteristics of these spaces, here we investigated the functional properties and plasticity of action and social space in developmental age. To these aims, children with typical development and autism spectrum disorders were submitted to Reaching- and Comfort-distance tasks, to assess peripersonal and interpersonal space, respectively. Participants approached a person (confederate) or an object and stopped when they thought they could reach the stimulus (Reaching-distance task), or they felt comfortable with stimulus' proximity (Comfort-distance task). Both tasks were performed before and after a cooperative tool-use training, in which participant and confederate actively cooperated to reach tokens by using either a long (Experiment 1) or a short (Experiment 2) tool. Results showed that in both groups, peripersonal space extended following long-tool-use but not short-tool-use training. Conversely, in typical development, but not in autism spectrum disorders children, interpersonal space toward confederate reduced following the cooperative tool-use training. These findings reveal that action and social spaces are functionally dissociable both in typical and atypical development, and that action but not social space regulation is intact in children with autism. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361318822504 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=406

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