自我归类的意义

Summary: Researchers find a relationship between features of ASD previously believed to be unrelated.

小结：研究者新发现一种在自闭谱系特征中的关联。这种关联以前被认为没有关联。

Source: University of Queensland.

Research by The University of Queensland may provide a better understanding of the social functioning difficulties of people with autism.

皇后岛大学的研究可能为有社交障碍的自闭症患者提供更多的解释。

A study led by UQ School of Psychology researcher Dr Daniel Skorich has shown a relationship between features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that were previously thought to be unrelated.

皇后岛大学心理学研究员Dr. Daniel Skorich 的一项研究指出一种在自闭谱系特征中的新关联。

“Autism is a multi-faceted disorder characterised by distinct clusters of features,” Dr Skorich said.

“自闭症是一种具有特定类特征多方面综合征” Dr Skorich 说.

“One of these clusters relates to the ability to share attention with others, and to focus attention on the objects or events on which someone else is focused. People with ASD show a decreased tendency to do this.

一种特征是与和别人分享关注的能力有关。也与集中注意力在其他人注意的物体或事件上的能力有关。 自闭谱系患者表现出并不倾向于做这些事情。

“A second cluster is related to information processing, where people with ASD process information in a less integrated manner, referred to as ‘weak central coherence’.

第二中特征是与信息处理有关。 自闭症谱系患者更加难以整合信息。这可称做“week central coherence(弱中心整合？)”

“Our research suggests that weak central coherence actually causes the shared attention difficulties.

“我们研究认为弱中心整合实际上是因为分享关注障碍引发。”

“We found that the information processing needed for self-categorisation—the process of coming to see oneself as interchangeable with other members of groups to which we belong—is weaker the more autistic-like traits a person possesses, which in turn predicts the decreased tendency to share attention.

“我们发现信息处理需要自我分类。这是一个过程，用来认识自己是不是能与其他同组的人相互交换。自我分类越差，一个人的自闭症症状越多，而导致他更少的与别人分享关注。

So it seems that the decreased tendency to see oneself as part of a group is at the heart of the differences people with ASD show in their social interactions with others.”

所以，不能认识到自己是一个组的一部分，这一倾向性是自闭谱系患者表现出与他人社会交往不同的核心。

Dr Skorich said the research had implications for intervention.

Dr Skorich 谈到这项研究对干预的意义。

“By linking ASD with self-categorisation, our research suggests that a social cure perspective on health and well-being, such as UQ’s Groups 4 Health program, could be adapted to treat the much higher rates of anxiety and depression seen in people with ASD,” he said.

由于自闭症患者的自我归类能力弱，我们建议一种社会疗法可以用来治疗自闭症患者的失望和焦虑，例如皇后岛大学组4健康计划（groups 4 health program）。

Groups 4 Health, designed to help people develop, enhance and maintain their group-based social identification, has been shown to be effective in treating several mental health conditions.

组4健康计划，用以帮助人们发展，增强和维持他们的基于小组的社会认知。这个计划已经被证明很有效地治疗一些很严重的健康疾病。

Dr Skorich said UQ’s Secret Agent Society social skills program for children aged eight to 12 also could be useful.

Dr Skorich说皇后岛大学秘密代理社会社会技能计划对8-12岁的儿童也很有用。