Effectiveness of Social Skills Training for Children with Developmental Disorders: Behavioral Analysis Using a Two-Dimensional Motion Capture System

• Sakuma Ryusuke

  Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Shirayuri College

• Gunji Atsuko

  Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

• Goto Takaaki

  Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Faculty of Education and Care of Early Childhood, Fuji Tokoha University Fuji

• Kita Yosuke

  Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

• Koike Toshihide

  Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Faculty of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University

• Kaga Makiko

  Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

• Inagaki Masumi

  Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 二次元尺度化による行動解析を用いた発達障害児におけるソーシャルスキルトレーニングの有効性評価

Abstract

  The current study sought to develop a new behavioral analysis methods to evaluate the effects of social skills training (SST). SST is known to be an effective method to improve the social skills of children with behavioral problems. However, current evaluation methods involve behavioral rating scales that are heavily dependent on evaluators' particular experiences they have had. To quantitatively examine the behavioral effects of SST, we examined subjects' head-movements related to social behavior, using a two-dimensional motion capture system (Kissei Comtec, Japan).<br>  Four children (three male, one female, 7-8 years of age) with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) participated in 16 sessions of SST. Before and after SST, head-coordinates on a two-dimensional plane were calculated using their behavior during a pair task, measured by four digital cameras.<br>  After SST, the number of communication behaviors was increased compared to before SST. In addition, children looked longer at another child within 30 degrees of the central visual field. Time-series analysis of the visual field during the detection of another child revealed significant auto-correlation from about -1.12 second. before to the beginning of communication behavior (p<0.05).<br>  The results suggested that our method can provide a quantitative index of characteristics related to skilled social behaviors. We conclude that a two-dimensional motion capture system would be useful for visualization of the interventional effects of SST, which would supplement assessments by the conventional observational strategies.

Journal

• NO TO HATTATSU

  NO TO HATTATSU 44 (4), 320-326, 2012

  The Japanese Society of Child Neurology

Keywords

• 発達障害
• ソーシャルスキルトレーニング
• 二次元尺度化
• 行動分析
• 有効性

Details

• CRID: 1390001205517844224
• NII Article ID: 10030802016
• NII Book ID: AN0020232X
• DOI: 10.11251/ojjscn.44.320
• ISSN: 18847668
• ISSN: 00290831
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2012316150
• Text Lang: ja
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