Peer interaction and loneliness in high-functioning children with autism.

摘要: Social interaction with peers and the understanding feelings of loneliness were examined in 18 high-functioning children autism 17 typically developing matched for IQ, chronological age, gender, maternal education. Observations conducted on children's spontaneous social initiations responses to their natural settings such as recess snack time, reported interaction. Overall, revealed a good both loneliness, they demonstrated high level initiation. However, spent only half time interactions compared counterparts, interacted more often child than another special education child. Despite intergroup differences frequency interaction, similar distribution emerged groups, who presented mostly positive behaviors, fewer low-level very infrequent negative behaviors. Children higher degrees typical age-mates, well lower association between suggesting poorer relations Research practice implications these findings are discussed.