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ERIC Number: EJ1187315
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Sep
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Non-Reciprocal Friendships in a School-Age Boy with Autism: The Ties That Build?
Rodríguez-Medina, Jairo; Rodríguez-Navarro, Henar; Arias, Víctor; Arias, Benito; Anguera, M. Teresa
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v48 n9 p2980-2994 Sep 2018
This mixed-methods study examined differences in social interaction patterns between a school-age boy with autism and his friends, non-reciprocal friends, and non-friends during recess time at a mainstream school (third grade of elementary school). Through a combination of observational methodology and social network analysis with an idiographic, follow-up and multidimensional design approach, we used lag sequential and polar coordinate analysis to ascertain the associations between various interactive behaviors as a function of type of friendship relation. After 40 sessions, we found that the non-reciprocal friendship relations of the boy with autism could have significantly greater potential than his reciprocal friendships to increase active engagement and reduce the time he spent alone during recess.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 3
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Language: English
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