07-06-2017 | Original Paper | Uitgave 9/2017 Open Access

Physiological Arousal and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Tijdschrift:
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > Uitgave 9/2017
Introduction
Methods
Participants
ASD (
N = 27)
|
Control (
N = 44)
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Mean (
SD)
|
Mean (
SD)
|
Group differences
|
|
Age range
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43–79 months
|
41–81 months
|
t(69) = −1.47,
p = .15
|
Gender
|
M = 25, F = 2
|
M = 35, F = 9
|
(χ
2 (1) = 2.18,
p = .19)
|
FSIQ
|
86.89 (22.43)
|
110.27 (14.61)
|
t(39.69) = 4.83,
p < .01*
|
SES
† (
N
ASD = 26,
N
control = 42)
|
2.33 (0.72)
|
2.61 (0.47)
|
t(38.59) = 1.76,
p = .09
|
Autism Diagnosis
Scale
|
Mean (
SD)
|
|
---|---|---|
ADI social communication (cut-off = 10)
|
18.93 (5.87)
|
|
ADI communication
|
Verbal (
N = 24, cut-off = 8)
|
14.58 (4.19)
|
Non-verbal (
N = 3, cut-off = 7)
|
13.20 (0.84)
|
|
ADI repetitive behavior (cut-off = 3)
|
6.41 (3.25)
|
|
ADI developmental deviance (cut-off = 1)
|
4.10 (1.26)
|
|
ADOS severity score
|
8.08 (1.66)
|
Child Characteristics
Intellectual Functioning
Inhibition
Cognitive Flexibility
Self-control
Language
Emotional Expression Measures
Locked Box Task (Goldsmith et al. 1999)
Observational Coding
Emotional Experience Measures
Physiological Arousal
Procedures
Statistical Analyses
Ethics Statement
Results
Emotional Arousal: Psychophysiological Arousal in Response to Frustration
ASD
|
Control
|
|
---|---|---|
Baseline to frustration 1
|
t(18) = −2.56,
p = .02*,
d 0.6
|
t(43) = 7.49,
p < .01*,
d 0.6
|
Baseline to frustration 2
|
t(18) = −3.82,
p < .01*,
d 0.7
|
t(43) = −10.95,
p < .01*,
d 0.8
|
Baseline to frustration 3
|
t(18) = −5.00,
p < .01*,
d 0.8
|
t(43) = -10.40,
p < .01*,
d 0.8
|
Recovery 1 to recovery 2
|
t(18) = 3.09,
p < .01*,
d 0.4
|
t(43) = 2.28,
p = .03*,
d 0.2
|
Behavioral Regulation: Emotion Coping Strategies
ASD (
N = 27)
Mean (
SD)
|
Control (
N = 44)
Mean (
SD)
|
p
|
ɳ
p
2
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Constructive strategies
|
2.29 (1.06)
|
2.72 (0.55)
|
.03*
|
.07
|
Venting strategies
|
1.83 (1.39)
|
0.98 (1.18)
|
<.01*
|
.10
|
Avoidance strategies
|
0.84 (0.80)
|
0.12 (0.22)
|
<.01*
|
.32
|