The Role of Somatic Symptoms on Emotion Recognition in Young Children with ASD
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Beverly J. Wilson, Ph.D.
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Completed quantitative research study
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Clinical Psychology
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Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often demonstrate impairments in facial emotion recognition (FER) compared to typically developing (TD) peers. Internalizing symptoms have been shown to be related to emotion recognition accuracy. The current study examined the relation between FER and developmental status through the moderator of somatic symptoms, an understudied subset of internalizing symptoms. Participants were 152 children (ages 3:0 to 6:11), including 84 TD children and 68 children with ASD. The interaction between status and somatic symptoms on FER was significant, suggesting that at low-to-moderate levels of somatic symptoms, children with ASD are acutely attuned to facial expressions.
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The Role of Somatic Symptoms on Emotion Recognition in Young Children with ASD
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often demonstrate impairments in facial emotion recognition (FER) compared to typically developing (TD) peers. Internalizing symptoms have been shown to be related to emotion recognition accuracy. The current study examined the relation between FER and developmental status through the moderator of somatic symptoms, an understudied subset of internalizing symptoms. Participants were 152 children (ages 3:0 to 6:11), including 84 TD children and 68 children with ASD. The interaction between status and somatic symptoms on FER was significant, suggesting that at low-to-moderate levels of somatic symptoms, children with ASD are acutely attuned to facial expressions.
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This poster was also presented at International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2019