الانتباه الانتقائي البصري وعلاقته بالسلوک النمطي لدى الأطفال ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد

Abstract

The current study aimed at identifying the relationship between visual selective attention and stereotyped behavior among children with autism spectrum disorder. It also attempted to investigate differences in the aforementioned variables according to the gender factor. Basic sample of this study consisted of 30 children with autism spectrum disorder between 4 and 6 years of age and their mothers. They were recruited from Marah Centre and Nour El Hayah Association in Zagazig. To collect data, CARS autism rating scale, visual selective attention scale (Prepared by the researcher) and the training program (Prepared by the researcher) and stereotyped behavior (Bourreau et al., 2009) which was translated by the researcher were utilized. Results indicated that there was a statistically significant inverse relationship between both variables of visual selective attention and stereotyped behavior among children with autism spectrum disorder. There were also statistically significant differences in both variables attributed to gender.