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Imaginary Companions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder / P. E. DAVIS in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48-8 (August 2018)

Titre :	Imaginary Companions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Type de document :	Texte imprimé et/ou numérique
Auteurs :	P. E. DAVIS, Auteur ; H. SIMON, Auteur ; E. MEINS, Auteur ; Diana L. ROBINS, Auteur
Article en page(s) :	p.2790-2799
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Autism spectrum disorder Imaginary companions Imagination Social attribution Social development
Index. décimale :	PER Périodiques
Résumé :	One of the deficits observed in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is impaired imaginative play. One form of imaginative play common in many typically developing (TD) children is having an imaginary companion (IC). The occurrence of ICs has not been investigated extensively in children with ASD. We examined differences in parent report of IC between TD and ASD populations in 215 (111 with ASD) gender-matched children aged between 2 and 8 years. Findings indicate that significantly fewer children with ASD created ICs, although there were many between-group similarities in IC forms and functions. Results are discussed in terms of qualitative differences in play, social attributions, and how children with ASD conceptualize their ICs' minds.
En ligne :	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3540-y
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