Conversational Latency in Autistic Children With Heterogeneous Spoken Language Abilities.

Purpose: Conversational latency entails the temporal feature of turn-taking, which is understudied in autistic children. The current study investigated the influences of child-based and parental factors on conversational latency in autistic children with heterogeneous spoken language abilities. Meth...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 68; no. 5; pp. 2386 - 2399
Autores principales: Lue Shen, Anfeng Xu, Butler, Lindsay K., Chenausky, Karen, Maffei, Marc, Narayanan, Shrikanth, Tager-Flusberg, Helen
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Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association May2025
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          Lue Shen
          Anfeng Xu
          Butler, Lindsay K.
          Chenausky, Karen
          Maffei, Marc
          Narayanan, Shrikanth
          Tager-Flusberg, Helen
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          Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University, MA.
          Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, MA.
          Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
          Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs.
          MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA.
          Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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        Cross-sectional method
        Communicative competence
        Autism in children
        Conversation
        Parent-child relationships
        Interviewing
        Classification of mental disorders
        Sound recordings
        Social skills
        Sociodemographic factors
        Asperger's syndrome in children
        Data analysis
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        Descriptive statistics
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        Data analysis software
        Regression analysis
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          Cross-sectional method
          Communicative competence
          Autism in children
          Conversation
          Parent-child relationships
          Interviewing
          Classification of mental disorders
          Sound recordings
          Social skills
          Sociodemographic factors
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          Phonological awareness
          Descriptive statistics
          Research methodology
          Statistics
          Data analysis software
          Regression analysis
      ab: Purpose: Conversational latency entails the temporal feature of turn-taking, which is understudied in autistic children. The current study investigated the influences of child-based and parental factors on conversational latency in autistic children with heterogeneous spoken language abilities. Method: Participants were 46 autistic children aged 4–7 years. We remotely collected 15-min naturalistic language samples in the context of parent–child interactions to characterize both child and parent conversational latency. Conversational latency was operationally defined as the time it took for one individual to respond to their conversational partner using spoken language. Naturalistic language samples were transcribed following the Systematic Analysis for Language Transcripts convention to characterize autistic children’s spoken language and parental spoken language input. Autistic children’s spoken language was measured using number of different words (NDW). The quality and quantity of parental spoken language input was assessed using NDW, mean length of utterance in morphemes (MLUm), and frequency of words per minute (WPM). Additional child-based factors, including receptive language and socialization skills, were evaluated using the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. Spearman correlation and regression analyses were conducted to investigate the relationships between those child-based and parental factors and child conversational latency. Results: Older autistic children showed longer conversation latencies. Longer parent conversational latency was associated with longer child conversational latency after controlling for age. Greater parental WPM was associated with shorter child conversational latency after controlling for age. Child conversational latency was not associated with their spoken language, receptive language, or socialization skills. Child conversational latency was not associated with parental NDW and MLUm. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the interaction loop between autistic children and their parents in everyday interactions. Parents adjusted their timing and quantity of spoken language input to ensure smooth conversational turn-taking when interacting with their autistic children.
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