Centre for Applied Autism Research, Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, Somerset, BA2 7AY, UK.
Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2022 May;52(5):2004-2018. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-05093-7. Epub 2021 May 29.
This study investigated whether young adults with ASD (n = 29) had impairments in Cognitive Empathy (CE), Affective Empathy (AE) or Empathic Accuracy (EA; the ability to track changes in others' thoughts and feelings) compared to typically-developing individuals (n = 31) using the Empathic Accuracy Task (EAT), which involves watching narrators recollecting emotionally-charged autobiographical events. Participants provided continuous ratings of the narrators' emotional intensity (indexing EA), labelled the emotions displayed (CE) and reported whether they shared the depicted emotions (AE). The ASD group showed deficits in EA for anger but did not differ from typically-developing participants in CE or AE on the EAT. The ASD group also reported lower CE (Perspective Taking) and AE (Empathic Concern) on the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, a self-report questionnaire.
本研究旨在调查自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)青年(n=29)在认知同理心(CE)、情感同理心(AE)或同理心准确性(EA;即跟踪他人思想和感受变化的能力)方面是否存在缺陷,与正常发育的个体(n=31)相比,使用同理心准确性任务(EAT),这涉及观看叙述者回忆情绪激动的自传事件。参与者对叙述者的情绪强度进行连续评分(指标为 EA),标记显示的情绪(CE),并报告他们是否分享了所描绘的情绪(AE)。ASD 组在愤怒的 EA 上表现出缺陷,但在 EAT 上与正常发育的参与者在 CE 或 AE 上没有差异。ASD 组还报告说,在人际关系反应指数(一种自我报告问卷)上,他们的 CE(观点采择)和 AE(共情关注)较低。