Poster Session
Issue Date: August 2020
Published Online: August 01, 2020
Updated: July 29, 2020
Comparing the Predictors of Theory-of-Mind–Related Social Interaction (ToM-Related Social Interaction) in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Related to Verbal Comprehension
Shih-Yao Mao, OTL; Yen-Ting Yu, PhD; Hsiu Man Chiu, MS, OTR; Ching-Hong Tsai, MD, PhD; Hsing-Jung Li, MD; Kuan-Lin Chen, OTR, PhD
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
  • National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Wuri Lin Shin Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
  • Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Article Information
Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder / Mental Health / Pediatric Evaluation and Intervention / Assessment/Measurement
Poster Session   |   August 01, 2020
Comparing the Predictors of Theory-of-Mind–Related Social Interaction (ToM-Related Social Interaction) in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Related to Verbal Comprehension
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2020, Vol. 74, 7411500058. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74S1-PO9204
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2020, Vol. 74, 7411500058. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74S1-PO9204
Abstract

Date Presented 03/28/20

The results showed that children with normal verbal comprehension had better performance in ToM-related social interaction than those with delayed verbal comprehension. However, children’s symptom severities significantly predicted their ToM-related social interaction only in children who had normal verbal comprehension. This study highlighted the differential predictions of symptom severity to ToM-related social interaction by their verbal comprehension levels in children with ASD.

Primary Author and Speaker: Shih-Yao Mao

Contributing Authors: Yen-Ting Yu, Hsiu Man Chiu, Ching-Hong Tsai, Hsing-Jung Li, Kuan-Lin Chen