2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Standardization of joint attention and its clinical application by longitudinal survey
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15330142
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | KYUSHU UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
OHGAMI Hidehiro KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Faculty of human-Environment Studies, Professor, 大学院・人間環境学研究院, 教授 (20020141)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MINAMI Hirofumi KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Faculty of human-Environment Studies, Professor, 大学院・人間環境学研究院, 教授 (20192362)
NAKAMURA Tomoyasu KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Faculty of human-Environment Studies, Ass.Professor, 大学院・人間環境学研究院, 助教授 (30251614)
OHONO Hiroyuki Fukuoka JO Gakuin University, Faculty of Human Relations, Professor, 人間関係学部, 教授 (00037037)
ITAKURA Shouji Kyoto University, Graduate school of letters, Ass.Professor, 大学院・文学研究科, 助教授 (50211735)
HASHIYA Kazuhide KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Faculty of human-Environment Studies, Ass.Professor, 大学院・人間環境学研究院, 助教授 (20324593)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Keywords | Joint attention / longitudinal survey / Standardization / Autism / Clinical apprication |
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| Research Abstract |
We have been developed the checklist, composing of the items on the behaviors of joint attention, motor skill and language for developmental check up in infancy. Now we could make a score by the checklist because it was already standardized.
In the present study, we investigated the typical developmental process of joint attention in infancy and the early signs of autism.
A thousand seven hundred and two infants were screened longitudinally at 8,10,12,14,16,18,and 36 months of age, using our checklist.
As a result, a structural equation modeling indicated that the developmental process of joint attention had four stages ; following attention, following behaviors, operating attention, and developing the representation (symbol).
Additionally, the behavioral features of 6 children, who were diagnosed as autism later, were found as follows; (1)-1SD or less score of joint attention, (2)not emerging declarative pointing and response to other's distress, (3)failing to denomination of the picture in the picture book and saying spontaneously a few meaning words, and (4)walking by oneself.
These suggested that the behaviors of joint attention developed hierarchically and that our checklist would be helpful for early detection and intervention of children with autism.
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