Mother-Child Synchrony and Externalizing Behaviors in School-Aged Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders

dc.contributor.authorHassenfeldt, Tyler Anneen
dc.contributor.committeechairScarpa, Angelaen
dc.contributor.committeememberWhite, Susan W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDeater-Deckard, Kirbyen
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:36:12Zen
dc.date.adate2013-06-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:36:12Zen
dc.date.issued2013-05-03en
dc.date.rdate2013-06-14en
dc.date.sdate2013-05-15en
dc.description.abstractSynchrony is a multi-faceted construct, defined here as the mutual warmth and responsiveness between a mother and her child. As children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) struggle to navigate various aspects of social life, we expected that impairments in synchrony would be seen, but that mothers would show adaptability. Twenty-five children (10 met ASD criteria on a gold standard autism assessment) completed a brief cognitive assessment and nine semi-structured play tasks with their mother, adapted from the Marschak Interaction Method. Synchrony was not found to moderate the relationship between ASD severity and externalizing behaviors, as hypothesized. ASD severity did predict externalizing behaviors. While children in the ASD group were more negative during the observed play tasks, there were no group differences on mother or dyad scores. Despite power limitations, our findings suggest important future directions for examination of mother and dyad mechanisms that better explain these differences.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05152013-131102en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05152013-131102/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42670en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartHassenfeldt_TA_T_2013.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAutism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)en
dc.subjectsynchronyen
dc.subjectexternalizing behaviorsen
dc.titleMother-Child Synchrony and Externalizing Behaviors in School-Aged Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disordersen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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