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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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17-02-2020 | Original Paper

Interactional Synchrony and Its Association with Social and Communication Ability in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder

Auteurs: Casey J. Zampella, Kelsey D. Csumitta, Emily Simon, Loisa Bennetto

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 9/2020

Abstract

Social partners tend to coordinate their behaviors in time. This “interactional synchrony” is associated with a host of positive social outcomes, making it ripe for study in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Twenty children with ASD and 17 typically developing (TD) children participated in conversations with familiar and unfamiliar adults. Conversations were rated for movement synchrony and verbal synchrony, and mothers completed measures regarding children’s everyday social and communication skills. Children with ASD exhibited less interactional synchrony, with familiar and unfamiliar partners, than TD peers. Beyond group-level differences, interactional synchrony negatively correlated with autism symptom severity, and predicted dimensional scores on established social and communication measures. Results suggest that disrupted interactional synchrony may be associated with impaired social functioning in ASD.

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Titel: Interactional Synchrony and Its Association with Social and Communication Ability in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
Auteurs: Casey J. Zampella
Kelsey D. Csumitta
Emily Simon
Loisa Bennetto
Publicatiedatum: 17-02-2020
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 9/2020
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04412-8

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