AUTISM´ DIAGNOSIS

 

Interrelations between perceptive- cognitive factors and behavioural variables to level diagnosis of people with autism spectrum disorder. RA Journal of Applied Research, 9(11), 540- 548. 

Manuel Ojea Rúa (2023).

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ABSTRACT

Relationships analysis between perceptual-cognitive factors and behavioural variables it makes up autism spectrum disorder (ASD) differential specific diagnosis, constitute a fundamental recurrent of currently research, then found data allow the construction of integrated evaluation scales to validate more complete and reliable diagnosis of people with ASD.

The interdimensional diagnostic Scale has been applied and coded for 10 dimensions: 1) conceptual units, 2) signifiers, 3) hierarchy, 4) nodal relationships, 5) categorical relationships, 6) Recovery, 7) social interaction, 8) social communication, 9) stereotypical behaviours, and 10) restrictive behaviours.

A total of 75 participants with ASD have participated in this study of three ASD´ intensity levels and different age intervals, from 3 years old.

Data analyses focused along study the factorial analysis determinant (KMO and Bartlett's test) statistic, as well as, bivariate correlations analysis for three dimensions calculated statistically: "processing", "social" and "behaviours", show significant critical inter-relational levels (sig: .00), which allows conclude to existence of highly relationships between both variables group and their practical applications for consequent, reliable and valid diagnosis process.

Finally, the statistical data of your application to perform the level diagnostic analysis is completed, through corresponding statistical percentage, means and standard deviations, to facilitate the ASD level 1-2-3 diagnostic way.

 

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PRESENTACIÓN DE LA ESCALA DE PRECISIÓN DIAGNÓSTICA PERCEPTIVO- CONDUCTUAL DE DIAGNÓSTICO DEL TEA

PRESENTACIÓN DE LA ESCALA DE PRECISIÓN DIAGNÓSTICA DEL TRASTORNO DEL ESPECTRO DEL AUTISMO

Prof. Dr. Manuel Ojea 

(moxea@uvigo.gal)

 

AUTISM: NEW CONCEPTUAL PROPOSITIONAL HYPOTHESIS

 Autism: New Conceptual Propositional Hypothesis 

M. Ojea (2023)

European Journal of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, 1(6), 115-124.

Abstract:

The initial sensory- attention perceptual processing in people with autism spectrum disorder forms a global analysis, but semantic content is limited, therefore, they need to complete their semantic understanding, through second analysis with purpose to encode a greater number of local details, units and/ or conceptual categories. This cognitive action developed through relational connections with concepts previously stored in permanent memory (semantic memory). Study has been designed a qualitative- quantitative triangulated way. The qualitative analysis is based on a textual- conceptual perceptual and visual-perceptual study, while the quantitative analysis has been achieved through non- parametric statistical comparative tests regarding to the grouped variable: “participants”. A total of 10 participants have collaborated in this study, 5 neurotypical participants and 5 participants with autism spectrum disorder, aged between 16-17 years old. The comparative analysis allows delimit partial differential aspects throughout study variables, according to participants´ group variable and, hence, the development of a new cognitive- perceptive theory of specific propositional processing to people with autism: Global Cyclic Theory has been concluded. 

Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder, Attention-cognition-perception, Semantic memory, Conceptual propositional theory.

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COGNICIÓN Y AUTISMO (COGNITION AND AUTISM)

 NUEVA TEORÍA PROPOSICIONAL DEL FUNCIONAMIENTO EJECUTIVO EN PERSONAS CON AUTISMO.

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INTERRELATION OF THE PSYCHOMOTOR SYSTEM AND THE COGNITIVE RELATIONAL PROCESS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PEOPLE WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

 

Interrelation of the Psychomotor System and the Cognitive Relational Process on Academic Performance in People with Autism Spectrum Disorder

1PhD Manuel Ojea Rúa,2Prof. Inmaculada Rodríguez Borrajo

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v6-i7-33

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ABSTRACT:

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a highly heterogeneous specific feature of neurodevelopment, whose general characteristics are defined by two basic dimensions: 1) deficits of communication and social interaction and 2) restrictive and stereotyped behaviours. Both dimensions are complemented by empirical evidence of the highly significant relationships of a predictive kind with the psychomotor functioning, which becomes most evident over development. Just, this research tries to answer to the following general goals: 1) examine the application of specific programs relating to development of basic psychomotor skills in students with several levels of ASD, age and sex, and 2) delimit the incidence of cognitive relationships between the concepts and learning categories. A total of 99 students have participated in this study, distributed according to ASD level, age and sex. Data have been analysed through the Univariate ANOVA Between-Subjects Effects Test. Results show that both the intersection of psychomotor and cognitive variables (critical sig: .00), as well variables separately (psychomotricity: .00, and relationship: .00), significantly affect to academic performance of students with ASD. Therefore, it can be concluded that relational cognitive components and psychomotor development are essential to facilitate the development of learning in people with ASD, whose R2 of explicative variance is significantly high: .913, being the adjusted R2 level: 86.3%. The influence of the fixed variables interactions: ASD level, age and sex have also been studied.

KEYWORDS:

Autism Spectrum Disorder. Psychomotricity. Perceptive- Cognitive- Nodal Relationship. Conceptual and Categories. Academic Performance.

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Psychometric Validation of the ASC-ASD Anxiety Scale in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Psychometric Validation of the ASC-ASD Anxiety Scale inChildren with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Elsa M. Castañeda Mikrukova (PGDip) Autonomous University of Barcelona.

PhD. Manuel Ojea Rúa University of Vigo.

International Journal of Latest Research in Humanities and Social Science (IJLRHSS), 6(5), 464- 474. 2023. www.ijlrhss.com

Summary: 

The knowledge, diagnosis and treatment of clinical anxiety in people considered within the autism spectrum is a challenge since most of the instruments are designed based on research variables for people outside the autism spectrum. A total of 91 parents of children between 6 and 18 years of age, diagnosed with ASD in Metropolitan Lima participated in this study. In this sense, the general objective of this study is the validation of the anxiety scale: ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN WITH ASD (ASC ASD-P) in relation to anxious behaviors in people with ASD. The results show a significant validity of the Scale content; however, there are discrepancies in the allocation of reagents to the corresponding dimensions. The Exploratory Factor Analysis and the Alpha Values of Anxiety present the following data: 1) Anxiety due to Uncertainty (McDonald’s: .86 and Cronbach's Alpha: .85); 2) Performance Anxiety (McDonald’s: .81 and Cronbach's Alpha: .81); 3) Anxious Arousal (0.86 McDonald’s: .86 and Cronbach's Alpha: .8). Separation anxiety is excluded from the analysis due to its low factor value. These data allow us to affirm that the scale to evaluate the presence of ASC-ASD clinical anxiety, parent version, has adequate psychometric properties for the predictive measurement of anxiety in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). 

Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Clinical Anxiety, Anxiety Scale Validation.

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