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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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01-03-2007 | Original Paper

Temporal Coordination of Joint Attention Behavior in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Auteurs: Petra Warreyn, Herbert Roeyers, Ulla Van Wetswinkel, Isabel De Groote

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 3/2007

Abstract

The current study investigated initiating and following declarative joint attention, and initiating requesting joint attention in a group of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and an age-matched control group. Different forms of joint attention were elicited while children interacted with their mothers. Temporal coordination of the children's joint attention behavior was examined using three levels of coding. Children with ASD showed less but similar requesting abilities and slower point following combined with an abnormal behavioral pattern of looking at the other person's pointing finger instead of the object pointed at. Initiating declarative behavior was qualitatively and quantitatively different, characterized by isolated instances of communication instead of a fluent shift of attention between object and person.

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Titel: Temporal Coordination of Joint Attention Behavior in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Auteurs: Petra Warreyn
Herbert Roeyers
Ulla Van Wetswinkel
Isabel De Groote
Publicatiedatum: 01-03-2007
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 3/2007
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0184-0

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