TY - JOUR
T1 - Sensory correlates of difficult temperament characteristics in preschool children with autism
AU - Chuang, I. Ching
AU - Tseng, Mei Hui
AU - Lu, Lu
AU - Shieh, Jeng Yi
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - This study was aimed to investigate the rate of co-occurring sensory processing (SP) dysfunction in children with autism who had a difficult temperament characteristics, and the relationship between SP dysfunction and temperament characteristics in preschool children with autism. A total of 111 children aged 48-84 months, 67 children with autism and 44 age-matched typically developing children, participated in this study. Results of the study indicated that SP dysfunction was prevalent in children with autism who had difficult temperament characteristics, and that different SP patterns were associated with different temperament characteristics in preschool children with autism. In summary, the present findings highlight the importance of evaluating SP patterns in addition to assessing temperament in children with autism in order for clinicians to plan appropriate intervention programs and support children's participation in their daily lives. Furthermore, the knowledge of the relationship between difficult temperament characteristics and SP dysfunction of the child can foster parental appreciation of individual differences in children, provide parents effective strategies to manage children's behaviors, and promote adaptive parent-child interaction.
AB - This study was aimed to investigate the rate of co-occurring sensory processing (SP) dysfunction in children with autism who had a difficult temperament characteristics, and the relationship between SP dysfunction and temperament characteristics in preschool children with autism. A total of 111 children aged 48-84 months, 67 children with autism and 44 age-matched typically developing children, participated in this study. Results of the study indicated that SP dysfunction was prevalent in children with autism who had difficult temperament characteristics, and that different SP patterns were associated with different temperament characteristics in preschool children with autism. In summary, the present findings highlight the importance of evaluating SP patterns in addition to assessing temperament in children with autism in order for clinicians to plan appropriate intervention programs and support children's participation in their daily lives. Furthermore, the knowledge of the relationship between difficult temperament characteristics and SP dysfunction of the child can foster parental appreciation of individual differences in children, provide parents effective strategies to manage children's behaviors, and promote adaptive parent-child interaction.
KW - Preschool children with autism
KW - Sensory processing patterns
KW - Temperament
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859075827&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.rasd.2012.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.rasd.2012.01.002
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:84859075827
SN - 1750-9467
VL - 6
SP - 988
EP - 995
JO - Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
JF - Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
IS - 3
ER -
