Conversational behaviour of children with Asperger syndrome and conduct disorder

Adams, Catherine; Green, Jonathan; Gilchrist, Anne; Cox, Anthony D.

doi:10.1111/1469-7610.00056

Cited by 143 publications

(105 citation statements)

References 27 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…This finding is against the previous case studies with descriptions of AS participants typically engaging in long, egocentric monologues [see e.g., 12,46]. However, the AS group may contain a small number of individuals with extreme verbosity, which-albeit not being a reliable characteristic of the AS group as a whole-may color our impressions of it [2]. Another possibility is that-given our instructions for the raters to consider dominance as a holistic, and not merely as a verbal phenomenon-our measure of dominance was more about nonverbal displays of dominance, thus tapping into a different aspect of behavior than the one in the studies cited above.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 75%

“…Our results are twofold: [1] we compared the patterns of interpersonal behavior displayed in male dyads where one participant has Asperger's syndrome (AS) to those displayed in male dyads with two neurotypical (NT) participants and [2] examined the experiential consequences of these patterns for the participants in the two different types of dyads (AS dyads, NT dyads). Next, we will discuss these two types of results in two separate sections.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The overall levels of affiliation and dominance expressed by the participants was assessed regarding the possible differences [1] between AS dyads and NT dyads ('Dyadtype') and [2] between the beginning and end phases of conversation ('Phase'). We found no differences between AS and NT dyads in their overall levels of affiliation or dominance (see Supplement Table S2 in the electronic Supplementary information).…”

Section: Patterns Of Dominance and Affiliationmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

Stevanovic¹,

Henttonen²,

Koski³

et al. 2017

J Autism

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We compared the patterns of affiliative and dominant behavior displayed in male dyads where one participant has Asperger's syndrome (AS) with those displayed in male dyads with two neurotypical (NT) participants. Drawing on interpersonal theory, according to which affiliation and dominance constitute two orthogonal axes of the "interpersonal circle," we used a computer-joystick apparatus to assess the participants' moment-to-moment affiliative and dominant behaviors throughout conversation. The patterns of affiliation and dominance were subsequently studied in relation to post-conversation questionnaires that targeted the interactional experiences of the participants in the two different types of dyads (AS dyads, NT dyads). We found the overall interpersonal notion of complementarity to hold for AS and NT dyads alike: greater affiliation in one participant invoked greater affiliation in the co-participant, and greater dominance invoked greater submissiveness in the co-participant. The AS and NT dyads, however, differed with regard to how affiliative and dominant behaviors related to each other during the time course of a single conversation. Furthermore, we found important differences between the AS and NT dyads in how the different patterns of affiliation and dominance were experienced by the participants. For example, a high level of affiliation synchrony was experienced in more negative terms by the participants in the AS dyads than by those in the NT dyads, while a high level of dominance coordination was experienced in more positive terms by the participants in the AS dyads than by those in the NT dyads. The paper increases understanding of the details of the interactional deficits associated with AS and of the conditions in which AS participants may get maximally positive interactional experiences. More generally, our study highlights the necessity to take the study of individual differences in the experiences of patterns of affiliation and dominance into the official agenda of empirical interaction research.

show abstract

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 75%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Patterns Of Dominance and Affiliationmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

Stevanovic¹,

Henttonen²,

Koski³

et al. 2017

J Autism

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Though many interventions to improve symptoms of ASD have focused on children [10][11][12] , there is evidence that these difficulties persist with age [13][14][15][16]. As adults, individuals with autism are faced with an even greater variety of social interactions and complexities, as well as the expectation of greater independence in navigating them.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparison of self-and other-report of symptoms of autism and comorbid psychopathology in adults with autism spectrum disorder

Pearl¹,

Edwards²,

Murray³

2017

Contemp Behav Health Care

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

While the presentation of autism-related symptoms is variable across individuals with ASD, there is growing evidence that many of these symptoms may be further complicated or exacerbated by comorbid symptoms of psychopathology. Some individuals with ASD may also have difficulty reflecting and reporting on their own behavioral and emotional symptoms, which can interfere with diagnosis and treatment. The current study compared self-and other-ratings of the behavior of 47 young adults with ASD in the home environment, to identify areas of rater agreement and discrepancy across symptoms of both ASD and general pathology. For ASD symptoms, nominated reporters rated the participant's behavior as significantly more impaired regarding social communication symptoms, but no significant difference was found for restricted and repetitive behavior. For symptoms of psychopathology, only attention problems, depression problems, avoidant personality problems, and total problems were reported by others as significantly higher when compared to self-report. While this provides increased confidence for assessing most comorbid symptoms of psychopathology via one reporter, results suggest obtaining collateral reports for ASD symptoms may be important for comprehensive assessment. The results from this study may inform the future of the clinical field regarding the use of a more efficient assessment of individuals with ASD's behavior and comorbid psychopathology.

show abstract

“…Volden, Mulcahy, and Holdgrafer (1997) found that children with autism produced a greater number of unusual utterance features and interrupted the flow of the interaction with more inappropriate statements, in comparison to age-matched normally developing controls. Finally, Adams and her colleagues (Adams, Green, Gilchrist, & Cox, 2002) found that adolescents with autism spectrum disorder provided more tangential and inadequate responses in conversation with an examiner, especially when discussing personal events.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Brief Report: The Relationship between Discourse Deficits and Autism Symptomatology

Hale

Tager–Flusberg

2005

J Autism Dev Disord

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study investigated the relationship between discourse deficits to a broader range of other symptoms in 57 children with autism. We hypothesized that autism symptomatology, as measured by the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS), would be related to the children's difficulty in maintaining an ongoing topic of discourse. Children provided a natural language sample while interacting with one parent. These language samples were coded for the child's use of off-topic or noncontingent utterances. Results showed significant relationships between overall diagnostic symptomatology, and more specifically, deficits in communication as measured by the ADOS-G, and noncontingent discourse. The findings provide diagnostic validity to the ADOS-G and highlight in greater detail the significant communication impairment in autism.

show abstract

Conversational behaviour of children with Asperger syndrome and conduct disorder

Cited by 143 publications

References 27 publications

On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

Comparison of self-and other-report of symptoms of autism and comorbid psychopathology in adults with autism spectrum disorder

Brief Report: The Relationship between Discourse Deficits and Autism Symptomatology

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About