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Zoest, Anita Johanna van (2013)

Sociale vaardigheden van kinderen met een autismespectrumstoornis

Master thesis | Education and Child Studies (MSc)

Present studies fail to supply unambiguous prove for a relationship between the quality of Theory of Mind and the quality of social skills. Also, the relationship between the quality of emotion recognition and social skills is not clear. Studies about the Theory of Mind and emotion recognition almost never include children. Because of the relevance of developing adequate social skills, it is of great importance to investigate children who are vulnerable for experiencing difficulties with social skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the Theory of Mind, emotion recognition and social skills in a group of eight till eighteen years olds (M = 11.7, SD = 2.1). Sixty-one children with an ASD performed the Sociaal Cognitieve Vaardigheden Test (SCVT) and an emotion recognition task. Their parents/caregivers completed the Social Skills Rating System. The findings of this study do not suggest a significant relationship between the quality of the Theory...Show morePresent studies fail to supply unambiguous prove for a relationship between the quality of Theory of Mind and the quality of social skills. Also, the relationship between the quality of emotion recognition and social skills is not clear. Studies about the Theory of Mind and emotion recognition almost never include children. Because of the relevance of developing adequate social skills, it is of great importance to investigate children who are vulnerable for experiencing difficulties with social skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the Theory of Mind, emotion recognition and social skills in a group of eight till eighteen years olds (M = 11.7, SD = 2.1). Sixty-one children with an ASD performed the Sociaal Cognitieve Vaardigheden Test (SCVT) and an emotion recognition task. Their parents/caregivers completed the Social Skills Rating System. The findings of this study do not suggest a significant relationship between the quality of the Theory of Mind and social skills. The findings also do not provide prove for a significant relationship between the quality of facial emotion recognition and social skills in children with an ASD. Consequently, the quality of social skills can not be predicted by the quality of one of these skills. However, the reaction time of recognizing the emotion surprise seems to predict the quality of the social skills and in particular the quality of self control.Show less

Theory of Mind

Social skills

Emotion recognition

Autism

Author

Zoest, Anita Johanna van

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Orthopedagogiek, Ontwikkelingsstoornissen

Supervisors

Zantinge, G.M

ECTS Credits

20

Language

nl