ERIC Number: EJ1426508
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jun
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
EISSN: EISSN-1573-3432
Objective Measurement of Social Gaze and Smile Behaviors in Children with Suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder during Administration of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition
Yeojin A. Ahn; Jacquelyn M. Moffitt; Yudong Tao; Stephanie Custode; Meaghan Parlade; Amy Beaumont; Sandra Cardona; Melissa Hale; Jennifer Durocher; Michael Alessandri; Mei-Ling Shyu; Lynn K. Perry; Daniel S. Messinger
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v54 n6 p2124-2137 2024
Best practice for the assessment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptom severity relies on clinician ratings of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2), but the association of these ratings with objective measures of children's social gaze and smiling is unknown. Sixty-six preschool-age children (49 boys, M = 39.97 months, SD = 10.58) with suspected ASD (61 confirmed ASD) were administered the ADOS-2 and provided social affect calibrated severity scores (SA CSS). Children's social gaze and smiling during the ADOS-2, captured with a camera contained in eyeglasses worn by the examiner and parent, were obtained via a computer vision processing pipeline. Children who gazed more at their parents (p = 0.04) and whose gaze at their parents involved more smiling (p = 0.02) received lower social affect severity scores, indicating fewer social affect symptoms, adjusted R[superscript 2] = 0.15, p = 0.003.
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Severity (of Disability), Nonverbal Communication, Preschool Children, Attention, Clinical Diagnosis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (DHHS/NIH); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule
Grant or Contract Numbers: UL1TR002736
Data File: URL: https://github.com/taoyudong/ADOS_Child_Face_Analysis