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Objects as Communicative Mediators in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
In recent years, the socio-material perspective has informed an important interdisciplinary debate concerning the role of the physical world (i.e., the objects) in human psychological development. Several studies in the field of developmental psychology showed positive achievements in explaining the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7311758/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32625148 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01269 |
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author | Manzi, Federico Savarese, Giulia Mollo, Monica Iannaccone, Antonio |
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description | In recent years, the socio-material perspective has informed an important interdisciplinary debate concerning the role of the physical world (i.e., the objects) in human psychological development. Several studies in the field of developmental psychology showed positive achievements in explaining the relationship between the subject and the social context through a socio-material approach, in particular in the early development. The importance of objects was also recognized in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), showing that these children are characterized by alterations in the use of the objects from early development. Some studies highlighted that objects could be a facilitator in the interactions between children with ASD and peers. However, the role of objects was not sufficiently investigated in interactions between children with ASD and adults. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate in children with ASD the communicative function that the activities with objects assume in the interactions with adults, highlighting the mediator role of objects in these interactions. More generally, this study also aims to highlight the relevance of adopting a socio-material perspective to explore some neglected aspects of the psychological activity of children with ASD. To test this hypothesis, we conducted an extensive exploratory study, collecting data from a sample of 3-year-old (N = 18; F = 3) and 4-year-old (N = 26; F = 3) with ASD. Children were observed in a free-play situation with an adult. They were free to choose an object from a predefined set. Through quantitative data, we have described the general characteristics of the manipulation of objects; through qualitative data, we aimed to capture and describe, in microgenetic sequences, some characteristics of children’s activities, defined as socio-material. The analysis of the socio-material activities suggested the role of objects as mediator of the interactions between children with ASD and adults. |
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spelling | pubmed-73117582020-07-02 Objects as Communicative Mediators in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Manzi, Federico Savarese, Giulia Mollo, Monica Iannaccone, Antonio Front Psychol Psychology In recent years, the socio-material perspective has informed an important interdisciplinary debate concerning the role of the physical world (i.e., the objects) in human psychological development. Several studies in the field of developmental psychology showed positive achievements in explaining the relationship between the subject and the social context through a socio-material approach, in particular in the early development. The importance of objects was also recognized in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), showing that these children are characterized by alterations in the use of the objects from early development. Some studies highlighted that objects could be a facilitator in the interactions between children with ASD and peers. However, the role of objects was not sufficiently investigated in interactions between children with ASD and adults. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate in children with ASD the communicative function that the activities with objects assume in the interactions with adults, highlighting the mediator role of objects in these interactions. More generally, this study also aims to highlight the relevance of adopting a socio-material perspective to explore some neglected aspects of the psychological activity of children with ASD. To test this hypothesis, we conducted an extensive exploratory study, collecting data from a sample of 3-year-old (N = 18; F = 3) and 4-year-old (N = 26; F = 3) with ASD. Children were observed in a free-play situation with an adult. They were free to choose an object from a predefined set. Through quantitative data, we have described the general characteristics of the manipulation of objects; through qualitative data, we aimed to capture and describe, in microgenetic sequences, some characteristics of children’s activities, defined as socio-material. The analysis of the socio-material activities suggested the role of objects as mediator of the interactions between children with ASD and adults. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7311758/ /pubmed/32625148 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01269 Text en Copyright © 2020 Manzi, Savarese, Mollo and Iannaccone. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Manzi, Federico Savarese, Giulia Mollo, Monica Iannaccone, Antonio Objects as Communicative Mediators in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title | Objects as Communicative Mediators in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_full | Objects as Communicative Mediators in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_fullStr | Objects as Communicative Mediators in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Objects as Communicative Mediators in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_short | Objects as Communicative Mediators in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_sort | objects as communicative mediators in children with autism spectrum disorder |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7311758/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32625148 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01269 |
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