ERIC Number: EJ758350
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
Early Social and Emotional Communication in the Infant Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Examination of the Broad Phenotype
Cassel, Tricia D.; Messinger, Daniel S.; Ibanez, Lisa V.; Haltigan, John D.; Acosta, Susan I.; Buchman, Albert C.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v37 n1 p122-132 Jan 2007
Infants with older siblings with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD-sibs) are at risk for socioemotional difficulties. ASD-sibs were compared to infants with typically developing older siblings (TD-sibs) using the face-to-face/still-face (FFSF) at 6 months and the Early Social Communication Scale (ESCS) at 8, 10, 12, 15, and/or 18 months. ASD-sibs smiled for a lower proportion of the FFSF than TD-sibs and lacked emotional continuity between episodes. With respect to TD-sibs, ASD-sibs engaged in lower rates of initiating joint attention at 15 months, lower rates of higher-level behavioral requests at 12 months, and responded to fewer joint attention bids at 18 months. The results suggest subtle, inconsistent, but multi-faceted deficits in emotional expression and referential communication in infants at-risk for ASDs.
Descriptors: Infants, Siblings, Autism, Emotional Development, Social Development, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Toddlers, Emotional Response, Interpersonal Relationship, Nonverbal Communication, At Risk Persons
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Language: English
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