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Comprehension of Affect in Context in Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Author(s) -
Fein Deborah,
Lueci Dorothy,
Braverman Mark,
Waterhouse Lynn
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00935.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , comprehension , cognition , affect (linguistics) , social environment , social cognition , cognitive psychology , pervasive developmental disorder , context (archaeology) , autism , developmental disorder , psychiatry , communication , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , political science , law , biology
Fifteen children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) (mean age 12.7 years) were compared to mental age matched normal children on manning a context to its appropriate emotion, PDD children were slightly but significantly impaired on this task relative to a non‐social task equated for difficulty. Both matching tasks were highly correlated with cognitive variables; the Social matching task alone was correlated with social skill level, and neither task was correlated with ratings of social deviance. Results are discussed in terms of the demands of social cognitive tasks, the magnitude of social cognitive findings, control group (selection and individual difference).