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Physiological Arousal and Social Linguistic Perception in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

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dc.contributor.advisorBebko, James M.
dc.creatorNcube, Busisiwe Louise
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-16T19:21:11Z
dc.date.available2015-12-16T19:21:11Z
dc.date.copyright2015-07-08
dc.date.issued2015-12-16
dc.date.updated2015-12-16T19:21:11Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Clinical-Developmental)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractPrevious research suggests that social and communicative impairments in individuals with ASD may be related to difficulties in processing social linguistic information. Processing such information may be more difficult for individuals with ASD because they experience increased arousal in social situations. The objective of this study was to determine whether differences in arousal exist during social linguistic perception in children with ASD, when compared to arousal levels during perception of social non-linguistic and non-social non-linguistic stimuli. Potential influences of social anxiety and emotion were also explored. Nineteen children with ASDs and 19 typically developing children participated. Skin conductance responses (SCR) were used to measure arousal. Children with ASD were found to display increased SCRs to social stimuli when compared to non-social stimuli. No significant differences in SCRs were found between emotional and neutral stimulus conditions. Social anxiety was not related to differences in SCRs to social versus non-social stimuli.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30683
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectClinical psychology
dc.subjectDevelopmental psychology
dc.subjectPhysiological psychology
dc.subject.keywordsautism
dc.subject.keywordsautism spectrum disorder
dc.subject.keywordsskin conductance response
dc.subject.keywordselectrodermal activity
dc.subject.keywordsgalvanic skin response
dc.subject.keywordssocial perception
dc.subject.keywordslinguistic perception
dc.subject.keywordsemotional perception
dc.subject.keywordssocial anxiety
dc.subject.keywordsphysiological arousal
dc.subject.keywordsdevelopmental disability
dc.titlePhysiological Arousal and Social Linguistic Perception in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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