Understanding Areas of Strength and Vulnerability with the Emotionally Availability Scale for Preschool Children with ASD and ADHD and their Mothers

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14164
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09030:Childhood and nursery/pre-school education-related
• Research Institution: Fukuyama University
• Principal Investigator: Kanehira Nozomi (野津山希) 福山大学, 人間文化学部, 講師 (10550965)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 情緒応答性 / 親子関係 / 発達障害 / 自閉スペクトラム症 / 注意欠如・多動症

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the characteristics of mother-child interactions in ADHD tendency and ASD from the perspective of Emotional Availability (EA).Actual mother-child interaction situations were evaluated and compared using the Emotionally Availability Scale (EAS4th) to assess EA of mothers and preschool children with ADHD tendency, ASD, and typical development.The results revealed that although the EA of mothers and preschool children with ADHD tendency and ASD was lower than that of typical development, there were some areas where they were able to maintain the same emotional quality as mothers of preschool children with some typical development.

Free Research Field

児童臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は，対象者の人数が少なかったものの，ADHD傾向とASDの母子相互作用の特徴を情緒応答性という観点からわが国で初めて明らかにした。その際，母子のやりとりの困難な領域だけではなく，情緒的な質が保てている強みにも焦点を当てた。今後，EASを用いて母子の次元間の評価を行うことは，臨床現場における特定の感情や行動の質をターゲットとした介入の糸口を提供すると思われる。