Journal Article

Planning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of Verbal Mediation

Kaushanskaya, Margarita, Prescott, Kathryn, Larson, Caroline, Gangopadhyay, Ishanti, Ellis Weismer, Susan

2021

Overview

This study examined verbal mediation during planning in school-age children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) relative to age- and nonverbal IQ- matched typically developing peers using a dual-task paradigm. Analyses showed no group differences in performance. However, in the condition intended to disrupt verbal mediation, language skills were associated with planning performance for the TD group, but not the ASD group. Upon examining ASD subgroups with versus without comorbid structural language impairment, children with ASD and normal language appeared to rely on verbal mediation to a greater degree than children with ASD and language impairment, but to a lesser degree than TD peers. Thus, the role of verbal mediation in planning for children with ASD differs depending on language status.

• Publisher: Springer US,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Adolescent / Autism / Autism Spectrum Disorder - psychology / Autism Spectrum Disorders / Autistic children / Behavioral Science and Psychology / Case-Control Studies / Child / Child and School Psychology / Child Language / Child Role / Children / Cognitive Processes / College Science / Comorbidity / Diseases / Executive Function / Executive function (Psychology) / Female / Humans / Individual Differences / Inhibition / Inner Speech (Subvocal) / Intelligence Quotient / Intelligence tests / Language / Language Development Disorders - psychology / Language disorders / Language Impairments / Language planning / Language proficiency / Language Skills / Language status / Language Usage / Male / Mediation / Mediation Theory / Memory / Methods / Neurosciences / Original Paper / Pediatrics / Peers / Pervasive Developmental Disorders / Planning / Psychological aspects / Psychology / Public Health / Short Term Memory / Social Behavior / Speech / Task Performance and Analysis / Verbal Behavior / Verbal Learning / Wechsler Scales