自閉症學齡前兒童模仿類型與接受性及表達性語言能力之關聯

// Associations Between Types of Imitation and Receptive and Expressive Language Skills in Preschoolers With Autism

176名2–6歲自閉症兒童研究，測試誘發、自發與延遲模仿（延後模仿）對受領/表達語的影響｜誘發物件、誘發語言與自發物件最能解釋受領語變異；誘發語言、延遲與自發物件對表達語影響最大｜在最少語言子群即時與延遲物件模仿預測力強，建議作分層介入。

// This cross-sectional study of 176 autistic preschoolers (ages 2–6) tested how different imitation types relate to receptive and expressive language while controlling for nonverbal IQ, using structured tasks for elicited (object, gestural, verbal), spontaneous object, and deferred object imitation. Models including elicited object, elicited verbal, and spontaneous object imitation explained the most variance in receptive language (with a comparable model using gestural, deferred, and spontaneous object imitation). Elicited verbal, deferred, and spontaneous object imitation were the strongest contributors to expressive language. Subgroup analyses showed immediate and deferred object imitation predicted language in minimally speaking/some words children but were less predictive in more fluent children, indicating immediate verbal and object imitation as key, level-specific intervention targets.

Published 2026年9月4日