Modeling and Quantitative Measurement Method of the Tripartite Interpersonal Distance Dynamics for Children with ASD

Tsuji, Airi; Enomoto, Takuya; Matsuda, Soichiro; Yamamoto, Jyun'ichi; Suzuki, Kenji

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-94277-3_81

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“…Our results conflicted with those of Tsuji et al (2018), who found a decreasing tripartite group area in a free-play situation. Despite the similarities in the two studies' conditions in terms of number of children, interacting nonacquainted assistant, room size, and a free-play situation, they also had some differences.…”

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“…In another study, Tsuji et al (2018) measured positional information of two children with ASD and one adult staff member during free play using a motion capture system (MCS) and calculated the tripartite group area. They found that group area decreased after therapeutic interventions by the adult staff member, suggesting group area would be available to measure social interactions in a small group.…”

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“…Such a pattern was observed not only in children who achieve age-appropriate developmental milestones (typically developing children) but also in those with ASD and relatively mild social impairment. Therefore, it is possible that Tsuji et al (2018) found that therapeutic interactions shortened the interpersonal distance between two children with ASD and one adult staff member, which have produced a change in group area between the three members. However, given that group area is not the same measure as interpersonal distance, the relations between group area and other measures including social interaction must be clarified so that group area can be used as a social index.…”

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“…In this study, we conducted two experiments with typically developing children as a pilot study. As a replication, we measured small group activities with two children and adult staff members, using the same system as Tsuji et al (2018). The primary purpose of this study was to investigate whether we could observe relationships between group area, social behaviours and subjective evaluations from independent observers, and determine whether the group area calculated via MCS can be used as a measure that complements the limitations of direct and indirect observation.…”

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“…The primary purpose of this study was to investigate whether we could observe relationships between group area, social behaviours and subjective evaluations from independent observers, and determine whether the group area calculated via MCS can be used as a measure that complements the limitations of direct and indirect observation. In Experiment 1, two children and one adult staff member engaged in free play, in a situation similar to Tsuji et al (2018). In Experiment 2, another two children and two adult staff members played a balloon game that required approaching others.…”

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Using tripartite group area as a measure of social interactions in pre-school children: A pilot study

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This study aimed to measure tripartite group area using motion capture systems and investigated whether group area could be used as a measure of pre-school children’s social interactions. In Experiment 1, two typically developing girls and an adult staff member engaged in free play. In Experiment 2, two typically developing boys and two adult staff members played balloon volleyball. Both experiments had three types of measures: subjective evaluation of whether participants played together, social behaviours (e.g. eye contact for Experiment 1 and balloon tosses for Experiment 2) and group area. Results showed that group area was significantly and negatively related to subjective evaluation in Experiment 2, whereas we observed no relationship between subjective evaluation and group area in Experiment 1. Overall, however, only a low correlation was observed between subjective evaluation and group area in Experiment 2. Furthermore, there were strong sequential associations between subjective evaluation and social behaviour, rather than between subjective evaluation and group area. Although group area as an index of social interactions is less accurate than behavioural data directly observed by humans, it may be worth using as a low-cost preliminary measure, since it can be automatically calculated using motion capture systems.

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