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Assessment of Social Support for a Mother Raising a Child Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, as Experienced by her Family. A Case Study

Konteksty Pedagogiczne, 2019
The article discusses a variety of issues related to social support given to Polish families raising a child with Asperger syndrome. The questions regarding the position of Asperger syndrome in the current ICD-10 classification are presented along with ...
Anida Szafrańska
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Visual Exploration and Construction Strategies Underlying Performance in the Block Design Task in Autism

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Visuospatial reasoning in autism is often linked to superior performance on tasks such as the Block Design Task (BDT). While different strategies have been described in the general population, no study has examined how these strategies relate to performance in autistic individuals, even though the task is widely used to characterize their ...
Alizee Diu, Anais Gaume, Magali Batty, Lucie Bouvet   +3 more
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Auditory Sensitivity in Autism: A Systematic Review of Mismatch Negativity and Mismatch Field Responses

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Auditory mismatch responses—mismatch negativity (MMN) and mismatch fields (MMF)—are well established electrophysiological markers of automatic auditory discrimination supported by short‐term sensory memory. These responses, typically elicited using passive oddball paradigms, are increasingly used to investigate sensory and language processing ...
Sara Cacciato‐Salcedo, Shreya Jaokar, Neil J. Ingham, Manuel S. Malmierca, Marija M. Petrinovic   +4 more
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Informational and Normative Influence on Conformity in Autism

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This preregistered study examined whether adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show reduced social conformity and whether any such reduction depends on the type of social influence. Social conformity—the tendency to adjust one's judgments to align with those of others—is typically driven by normative (acceptance‐seeking) and ...
Akiko Kobayashi, Takuya Makino, Yuka Mizuno, Hirotaka Kosaka, Keise Izuma   +4 more
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Social relationships and mental wellbeing in autistic adolescent girls and boys: A longitudinal investigation

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Previous studies have reported differences in levels of mental wellbeing between autistic and non‐autistic adolescents and between girls and boys. However, it is unclear to what extent being autistic or a particular gender influences mental wellbeing in adolescence. The importance of social relationships for mental wellbeing is well
Ellie Roberts, Eirini Flouri, Will Mandy
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Improving Procedure Completion and Engagement of Neurodivergent Patients in Medical Imaging: A Systematic Review

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
Neurodivergent patients face barriers in accessing and engaging with medical imaging services. This systematic review aims to identify strategies in the literature to improve imaging procedure completion among neurodivergent patients. ABSTRACT Introduction Neurodivergent conditions such as autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are ...
Rheann Wickramasinghe, Glenda McLean
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A comprehensive parent training program for parents of neurodivergent children with pathological demand avoidance: The Paradigm Shift Program® Pilot Study

Pediatric Investigation, EarlyView.
The Paradigm Shift Program, a comprehensive training program for parents of neurodivergent children with pathological demand avoidance (PDA), was feasible and acceptable, and there were significant improvements in parents’ well‐being following program completion.
Noelle E. Carlozzi, Wendy L. Lombard, Jonathan P. Troost, Christopher M. Graves, Jennifer A. Miner, Anthony T. Fauser, Casey Ehrlich   +6 more
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“Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This study investigates how participants manage the decision to end or continue their conversation when directly asked about their preferences. The dataset consists of 19 conversations where the researcher explicitly asked if the two participants wanted to continue their conversation, thus causing some potential interactional trouble for the ...
Emmi Koskinen
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The Non‐Understandable World of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Therapist's Implicit Understanding and Subsequent Deepened Understanding

Journal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the concept of non‐understandable in psychotherapy, based on the author's own play therapy with a boy with mild ASD (autism spectrum disorder). ASD is considered to belong to an area beyond comprehension, as psychotherapy is often deemed ineffective for it.
Toshio Kawai
wiley   +1 more source

Life aspirations of young adults with Asperger’s syndom from families experiencing migration [PDF]

Edukacja Ustawiczna Dorosłych, 2018
The article discusses the issue of educational, professional and family aspirations among young adults with Asperger syndrome. The research is focused on families, where one of parents migrates to enhance economic status of family. There are substantial
Anna Gagat Matuła, Bożena Frączek
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