Adults and children with Asperger syndrome: Exploring adult attachment style, marital satisfaction and satisfaction with parenthood / Winnie LAU in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5-1 (January-March 2011)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 5-1 (January-March 2011) . - p.392-399 Titre : Adults and children with Asperger syndrome: Exploring adult attachment style, marital satisfaction and satisfaction with parenthood Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Winnie LAU, Auteur ; Candida C. PETERSON, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : p.392-399 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Asperger-syndrome Marriage Adult-attachment-style Parenthood-satisfaction Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Asperger syndrome (AS) is a disorder resembling autism in its problems with social interaction and cognitive flexibility. Today, a number of adults with AS marry and rear children. Yet there has been little research into the quality of their marital and parental relationships. This study explored romantic attachment style, marital satisfaction and parenthood satisfaction in 157 Australian men and women. There was a focal group 22 married adults with a clinically-confirmed AS diagnosis whose child also had AS and three neuro-typical adult control groups: (a) those whose spouse and child had AS, (b) those whose child had AS but spouse did not, and (c) those with no AS family members. Marital satisfaction was high in all four groups. Respondents who had AS themselves were predominantly insecurely avoidant in romantic attachment, in contrast to predominantly securely attachment in all other groups. Having a child with AS reduced parental (though not marital) satisfaction but there was no additional independent contribution of own or spouse's AS. Methodological and practical implications of the findings were considered. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.001 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=111 [article] Adults and children with Asperger syndrome: Exploring adult attachment style, marital satisfaction and satisfaction with parenthood [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Winnie LAU, Auteur ; Candida C. PETERSON, Auteur . - 2011 . - p.392-399. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 5-1 (January-March 2011) . - p.392-399 Mots-clés : Asperger-syndrome Marriage Adult-attachment-style Parenthood-satisfaction Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Asperger syndrome (AS) is a disorder resembling autism in its problems with social interaction and cognitive flexibility. Today, a number of adults with AS marry and rear children. Yet there has been little research into the quality of their marital and parental relationships. This study explored romantic attachment style, marital satisfaction and parenthood satisfaction in 157 Australian men and women. There was a focal group 22 married adults with a clinically-confirmed AS diagnosis whose child also had AS and three neuro-typical adult control groups: (a) those whose spouse and child had AS, (b) those whose child had AS but spouse did not, and (c) those with no AS family members. Marital satisfaction was high in all four groups. Respondents who had AS themselves were predominantly insecurely avoidant in romantic attachment, in contrast to predominantly securely attachment in all other groups. Having a child with AS reduced parental (though not marital) satisfaction but there was no additional independent contribution of own or spouse's AS. Methodological and practical implications of the findings were considered. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.001 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=111

Further evidence of benefits of thought-bubble training for theory of mind development in children with autism spectrum disorders / Jessica PAYNTER in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7-2 (February 2013)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 7-2 (February 2013) . - p.344-348 Titre : Further evidence of benefits of thought-bubble training for theory of mind development in children with autism spectrum disorders Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Jessica PAYNTER, Auteur ; Candida C. PETERSON, Auteur Année de publication : 2013 Article en page(s) : p.344-348 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorders  Theory-of-mind  Training studies Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) routinely fail false belief tests of theory of mind (ToM), even at advanced chronological and mental ages. Initial training efforts were largely disappointing for those with ASD, suggesting an intractable deficit. However, more recently, children with ASD trained with various pictorial strategies (like thought bubbles to depict beliefs) have made modest gains on trained ToM tasks, despite poor generalization and unanswered methodological questions. The present study therefore aimed to further examine the possible benefits of thought-bubble training for children with ASD while overcoming past methodological limitations. Our design advanced upon past thought-bubble studies by incorporating: (a) a non-intervention control group to test specificity of gains to the training intervention, (b) a broad ToM Scale to examine generalization of gains to other steps in ToM growth besides (trained) false belief, (c) a comprehensive assessment of children's verbal and nonverbal abilities, and (d) a delayed follow-up test. Results from 24 children with ASD aged 4.67'12.25 years revealed even stronger evidence than previously that thought-bubble training is genuinely beneficial in the context of autism. Statistically significant gains were made by trained children that, furthermore, (a) generalized beyond false-belief to other ToM concepts and (b) were maintained for at least 3 weeks. Control children showed no significant gains of any kind despite their close match to trained children at pretest. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2012.10.001 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=186 [article] Further evidence of benefits of thought-bubble training for theory of mind development in children with autism spectrum disorders [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Jessica PAYNTER, Auteur ; Candida C. PETERSON, Auteur . - 2013 . - p.344-348. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 7-2 (February 2013) . - p.344-348 Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorders  Theory-of-mind  Training studies Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) routinely fail false belief tests of theory of mind (ToM), even at advanced chronological and mental ages. Initial training efforts were largely disappointing for those with ASD, suggesting an intractable deficit. However, more recently, children with ASD trained with various pictorial strategies (like thought bubbles to depict beliefs) have made modest gains on trained ToM tasks, despite poor generalization and unanswered methodological questions. The present study therefore aimed to further examine the possible benefits of thought-bubble training for children with ASD while overcoming past methodological limitations. Our design advanced upon past thought-bubble studies by incorporating: (a) a non-intervention control group to test specificity of gains to the training intervention, (b) a broad ToM Scale to examine generalization of gains to other steps in ToM growth besides (trained) false belief, (c) a comprehensive assessment of children's verbal and nonverbal abilities, and (d) a delayed follow-up test. Results from 24 children with ASD aged 4.67'12.25 years revealed even stronger evidence than previously that thought-bubble training is genuinely beneficial in the context of autism. Statistically significant gains were made by trained children that, furthermore, (a) generalized beyond false-belief to other ToM concepts and (b) were maintained for at least 3 weeks. Control children showed no significant gains of any kind despite their close match to trained children at pretest. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2012.10.001 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=186

Language and ToM development in autism versus Asperger syndrome: Contrasting influences of syntactic versus lexical/semantic maturity / Jessica PAYNTER in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 4-3 (July-September 2010)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 4-3 (July-September 2010) . - p.377-385 Titre : Language and ToM development in autism versus Asperger syndrome: Contrasting influences of syntactic versus lexical/semantic maturity Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Jessica PAYNTER, Auteur ; Candida C. PETERSON, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : p.377-385 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism Asperger-syndrome Theory-of-mind Language-development Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Theory of mind (ToM) development by a sample of 63 children aged 5–12 years (24 with Asperger syndrome, 19 with high-functioning autism, and 20 age-matched typical developers) was assessed with a five-task false-belief battery in relation to both lexical (vocabulary) and syntactic (grammar) language skills. Contrary to some previous research, no differences in ToM emerged between those with Asperger syndrome and their typically developing peers but those with autism were delayed substantially behind both other groups in ToM understanding, even after controlling for age, non-verbal ability and verbal (both lexical and syntactic) mental age. For all the diagnostic groups equally, syntax was a more important ToM predictor than lexical language skill. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2009.10.005 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100 [article] Language and ToM development in autism versus Asperger syndrome: Contrasting influences of syntactic versus lexical/semantic maturity [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Jessica PAYNTER, Auteur ; Candida C. PETERSON, Auteur . - 2010 . - p.377-385. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 4-3 (July-September 2010) . - p.377-385 Mots-clés : Autism Asperger-syndrome Theory-of-mind Language-development Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Theory of mind (ToM) development by a sample of 63 children aged 5–12 years (24 with Asperger syndrome, 19 with high-functioning autism, and 20 age-matched typical developers) was assessed with a five-task false-belief battery in relation to both lexical (vocabulary) and syntactic (grammar) language skills. Contrary to some previous research, no differences in ToM emerged between those with Asperger syndrome and their typically developing peers but those with autism were delayed substantially behind both other groups in ToM understanding, even after controlling for age, non-verbal ability and verbal (both lexical and syntactic) mental age. For all the diagnostic groups equally, syntax was a more important ToM predictor than lexical language skill. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2009.10.005 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100

Parents on the autism continuum: Links with parenting efficacy / Winnie Yu Pow LAU in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 26 (June 2016)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 26 (June 2016) . - p.57-64 Titre : Parents on the autism continuum: Links with parenting efficacy Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Winnie Yu Pow LAU, Auteur ; Candida C. PETERSON, Auteur ; Tony ATTWOOD, Auteur ; Michelle S. GARNETT, Auteur ; Adrian B. KELLY, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.57-64 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)  Autism  Parents  Parenting  Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)  Parenting efficacy Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The extent to which parental traits of autism are related to parenting efficacy has yet to be explored. Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were studied in three groups: (a) families in which both the parent and the child had a DSM-IV-TR ASD diagnosis (n = 109); (b) families in which only the child had a DSM-IV-TR ASD diagnosis (n = 128); and (c) families in which no member had ASD (n = 109). Each subject completed the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) and a measure of parenting efficacy. Fathers with ASD had the lowest parental efficacy, but mothers with ASD had comparable levels of parental efficacy to parents without ASD in the family. Results suggest that screening and intervention to build fathers parental efficacy may be a useful adjunct to therapy. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2016.02.007 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=285 [article] Parents on the autism continuum: Links with parenting efficacy [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Winnie Yu Pow LAU, Auteur ; Candida C. PETERSON, Auteur ; Tony ATTWOOD, Auteur ; Michelle S. GARNETT, Auteur ; Adrian B. KELLY, Auteur . - p.57-64. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 26 (June 2016) . - p.57-64 Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)  Autism  Parents  Parenting  Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)  Parenting efficacy Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The extent to which parental traits of autism are related to parenting efficacy has yet to be explored. Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were studied in three groups: (a) families in which both the parent and the child had a DSM-IV-TR ASD diagnosis (n = 109); (b) families in which only the child had a DSM-IV-TR ASD diagnosis (n = 128); and (c) families in which no member had ASD (n = 109). Each subject completed the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) and a measure of parenting efficacy. Fathers with ASD had the lowest parental efficacy, but mothers with ASD had comparable levels of parental efficacy to parents without ASD in the family. Results suggest that screening and intervention to build fathers parental efficacy may be a useful adjunct to therapy. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2016.02.007 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=285

Sibling influences on theory of mind development for children with ASD / Karen O’BRIEN in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52-6 (June 2011)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 52-6 (June 2011) . - p.713-719 Titre : Sibling influences on theory of mind development for children with ASD Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Karen O’BRIEN, Auteur ; Virginia P. SLAUGHTER, Auteur ; Candida C. PETERSON, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : p.713-719 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorders  siblings  theory of mind Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background:  Research indicates that having child siblings is positively associated with theory of mind (ToM) in typically developing children. As ToM is important to everyday social behaviours it is important to extend this research to examine whether there are similar sibling effects for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Methods:  Theory of mind and executive functioning abilities of 60 children clinically diagnosed with ASD were assessed with batteries of standard tasks. Verbal mental age (VMA) and severity of autism symptoms were also measured together with number of child-aged siblings (1 to 12 years) and position in the sibling constellation. Results:  Having older siblings was a significant negative predictor of ToM performance for children with ASD, even after controlling for age, VMA, executive function and autism symptom severity. A weaker ToM benefit of younger siblings was not statistically significant independently of control variables. Conclusions:  In sharp contrast to findings for typically developing preschoolers, having an older sibling was a disadvantage for ToM development in children with ASD. Conceivably, older siblings may over-compensate for their younger ASD siblings in social interactions, thereby limiting opportunities for social-cognitive growth. Parental attitudes, family resources, cultural norms and access to educational interventions may also conceivably be relevant and clearly warrant further research. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02389.x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=126 [article] Sibling influences on theory of mind development for children with ASD [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Karen O’BRIEN, Auteur ; Virginia P. SLAUGHTER, Auteur ; Candida C. PETERSON, Auteur . - 2011 . - p.713-719. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 52-6 (June 2011) . - p.713-719 Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorders  siblings  theory of mind Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background:  Research indicates that having child siblings is positively associated with theory of mind (ToM) in typically developing children. As ToM is important to everyday social behaviours it is important to extend this research to examine whether there are similar sibling effects for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Methods:  Theory of mind and executive functioning abilities of 60 children clinically diagnosed with ASD were assessed with batteries of standard tasks. Verbal mental age (VMA) and severity of autism symptoms were also measured together with number of child-aged siblings (1 to 12 years) and position in the sibling constellation. Results:  Having older siblings was a significant negative predictor of ToM performance for children with ASD, even after controlling for age, VMA, executive function and autism symptom severity. A weaker ToM benefit of younger siblings was not statistically significant independently of control variables. Conclusions:  In sharp contrast to findings for typically developing preschoolers, having an older sibling was a disadvantage for ToM development in children with ASD. Conceivably, older siblings may over-compensate for their younger ASD siblings in social interactions, thereby limiting opportunities for social-cognitive growth. Parental attitudes, family resources, cultural norms and access to educational interventions may also conceivably be relevant and clearly warrant further research. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02389.x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=126

Social maturity and theory of mind in typically developing children and those on the autism spectrum / Candida C. PETERSON in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48-12 (December 2007)  

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Theory of mind (ToM) in children with autism or typical development: Links between eye-reading and false belief understanding / Candida C. PETERSON in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3-2 (April-june 2009)  

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