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Direct linkKelly, Rachel; Dissanayake, Cheryl; Ihsen, Elfriede; Hammond, Sabine – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
The role of executive function, specifically inhibitory control and generativity, in symbolic play was investigated in 20 children aged 48-89 months. Assessment of inhibitory control was via the Sun-Moon Stroop task, and generativity was assessed with the Semantic Fluency task, as well as a new object substitution task which required children to…
Descriptors: Young Children, Play, Executive Function, Perspective Taking
Barbaro, Josephine; Dissanayake, Cheryl – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
The use and understanding of self-presentational display rules (SPDRs) was investigated in 21 children with high-functioning autism (FHA), 18 children with Asperger's disorder (AspD) and 20 typically developing (TD) children (all male, aged 4- to 11-years, matched on mental age). Their behaviour was coded during a deception scenario to assess use…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mental Age, Asperger Syndrome, Autism
Macintosh, Kathleen; Dissanayake, Cheryl – Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
A comparative observational study was undertaken of the spontaneous social interactions of children with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder. The sample comprised 20 children with high-functioning autism, 19 children with Asperger's disorder and 17 typically developing children matched on chronological age and overall mental age. A…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Mental Age, Asperger Syndrome
Macintosh, Kathleen; Dissanayake, Cheryl – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
The social skills and problem behaviours of children with high-functioning autism and Asperger's Disorder were compared using parent and teacher reports on the Social Skills Rating System. The participants were 20 children with high-functioning autism, 19 children with Asperger's Disorder, and 17 typically developing children, matched on…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Mental Age, Asperger Syndrome, Autism
