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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020

Social Cognition in Children With Non-specific Intellectual Disabilities: An Exploratory Study.

Emilie Jacobs, Poline Simon, Nathalie Nader-Grosbois

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Emilie JacobsUCLouvain, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Poline SimonUCLouvain, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Nathalie Nader-GrosboisUCLouvain, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social cognitive abilities - notably, Theory of Mind (ToM) and social information processing (SIP) - are key skills for the development of social competence and adjustment. By understanding affective and cognitive mental states and processing social information correctly, children will be able to enact prosocial behaviors, to interact with peers and adults adaptively, and to be socially included. As social adjustment and inclusion are major issues for children with intellectual disabilities (IDs), the present study aimed to explore their social cognitive profile by combining cluster analysis of both ToM and SIP competence, and to investigate the structure of relations between these skills in children with IDs. Seventy-eight elementary school children with non-specific IDs were recruited. They had a chronological age ranging from 4 years and 8 months to 12 years and 6 months and presented a preschool developmental age. Performance-based measures were administered to assess ToM and SIP abilities. Questionnaires were completed by the children's parents to evaluate the children's social competence and adjustment and their risk of developing externalizing or internalizing behaviors. Exploratory analysis highlighted strengths and weaknesses in the social cognitive profiles of these children with IDs. It also emphasized that the understanding of affective and cognitive mental states was used differently when facing appropriate vs. inappropriate social behaviors. The present study leads to a better understanding of the socio-emotional profile of children with IDs and offers some suggestions on how to implement effective interventions.

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intellectual disabilitysocial behaviorsocial cognitionsocial information processingtheory of mind

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