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| Title |
Animals may act as social buffers: Skin conductance arousal in children with autism spectrum disorder in a social context
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| Published in |
Developmental Psychobiology, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1002/dev.21310 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Marguerite E O'Haire, Samantha J McKenzie, Alan M Beck, Virginia Slaughter |
| Abstract |
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience high rates of social stress and anxious arousal. Preliminary evidence suggests that companion animals can act as buffers against the adverse effects of social stress in adults. We measured continuous physiological arousal in children with ASD and typically developing (TD) children in a social context during four conditions: (a) a baseline of reading silently, (b) a scripted classroom activity involving reading aloud, (c) free play with peers and toys, and (d) free play with peers and animals (guinea pigs). Our results confirmed heightened arousal among children with ASD compared to TD children in all conditions, except when the animals were present. Children with ASD showed a 43% decrease in skin conductance responses during free play with peers in the presence of animals, compared to toys. Thus, animals may act as social buffers for children with ASD, conferring unique anxiolytic effects. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dev Psychobiol. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 101 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 24% |
| United Kingdom | 13 | 13% |
| Canada | 4 | 4% |
| Australia | 3 | 3% |
| Spain | 2 | 2% |
| India | 2 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| Japan | 2 | 2% |
| Philippines | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 4% |
| Unknown | 44 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 82 | 81% |
| Scientists | 12 | 12% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 313 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 308 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 50 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 42 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 40 | 13% |
| Researcher | 30 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 30 | 10% |
| Other | 47 | 15% |
| Unknown | 74 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 95 | 30% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 25 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 50 | 16% |
| Unknown | 87 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 176. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 March 2023.
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