دراسة تشخيصية مقارنة للأطفال الذاتويين و ذوي متلازمة داون باستخدام نظرية العقل

الملخص EN

Introduction: Autistic disorder considers one of the most developed disabilities for a child, yet psycho- clinics suffer critical shortness in diagnosing this disorder.

Hypotheses: There are significant statistical differences between average scores of autistic children and children with down syndrome on the three tests dimensions of theory of mind (scale of emotion’s- sally& Ann test- false belief test).

There are significant statistical differences between average scores of autistic children and children with down syndrome on dimensions CARS SCALE.

Method: The study uses the qualitative comparative for applying the three tests of theory of mind scale to rate autistic children and compare them with down syndrome aged from (4- 6) yrs.

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Sample: The study sample consist of 13 male& one only female children, divided in to 7 male autistic children and 6male with them only one female down children who are outpatients in care center of special needs in the institute of post graduate childhood studies and others care centers on Nasr city.

Tools: CARS Scale Theory of mind tests (scale of emotions pictorial by researcher- sally& Ann test- false belief test).

For rating down syndrome and autistic child.

Statistical methods: The study uses Mann whitney for calculating differences among averages between down syndrome and autistic.

Results: Results showed that children with down syndrome scored significantly higher than autistic children on CARS SCALE, while autistic children scored significantly higher than children with down syndrome on the two of tests dimensions of theory of mind (scale of emotion’s- sally& Ann test- false belief test), on the otherwise children with Down syndrome scored significantly higher than autistic children on scale of emotions pictorial test.

(Published abstract)