Effect of Social Familiarity on Salivary Cortisol and Self-Reports of Social Anxiety and Stress in Children with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

Lopata, Christopher; Volker, Martin A.; Putnam, Susan K.; Thomeer, Marcus L.; Nida, Robert E.

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“…Particular, encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restrictive patterns of interests is characteristic manifestation in individuals with ASD [1]. It is well known that the core features of ASD induce the need for consistency, repetition, rituals, predictability and rigid patterns of play and problem solving [2]. The constant changing nature of unfamiliar social interactions and social situations that require spontaneous intuitive adjustment may exacerbate socially related anxiety for these children with ASD [2].…”

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“…It is well known that the core features of ASD induce the need for consistency, repetition, rituals, predictability and rigid patterns of play and problem solving [2]. The constant changing nature of unfamiliar social interactions and social situations that require spontaneous intuitive adjustment may exacerbate socially related anxiety for these children with ASD [2]. Social unfamiliarity may therefore easily induce anxiety and stress in individuals with ASD [2].…”

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“…The constant changing nature of unfamiliar social interactions and social situations that require spontaneous intuitive adjustment may exacerbate socially related anxiety for these children with ASD [2]. Social unfamiliarity may therefore easily induce anxiety and stress in individuals with ASD [2].…”

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“…To the extent to which the situation is perceived as stressful, one of the useful biological marker is salivary [2,3] or plasma [4,5].…”

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“…To examine psychosocial stress such as public speaking task [7] or closely relationship between increased sensory sensitivity and variable cortisol secretion (Corbett et al, 2009) [8] was used in children with ASD. Moreover, in many previous studies examining the effect of self-reported social anxiety/stress in relation to peer interaction, salivary cortisol levels were used as a biological marker of stress [2,8,9]. For example, salivary cortisol levels were significantly increased ininteraction with unfamiliar peers in 33 children with ASD compared to interaction with familiar peers [2].…”

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Plasma Cortisol Response to Asked Questions on Recent Eventsduring Videogame Playin Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Yui¹,

Ohnishi²

2013

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One of the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is the need for consistency, repetition, rituals, and rigid patterns of play. The need for sameness may be extended to include videogame play and interaction with others.Unfamiliar social interactions and disruption of repetitive patterns of interests and behavior may easily exacerbate anxiety-related stress in individuals with ASD. Whereas, videogame can induce distraction of stress response. We examined the effects of videogame play on cortisol social under the situations of asked questions on daily events plasma.We conducted astructuredinterview consisting of the declarative memory recallon daily events during videogame.Before the start of the interviews, each participant played a videogame as the default context. Two serial contexts followed in which participants were exposed to different social stimuli. Twotypes of stimulators such as an unfamiliar female and an unfamiliar male asked the participants questions on unpleasant daily events, respectively. Immediately after these interviews, the participants were permitted to resume the video game play.A blood specimen for plasma cortisol determination were conducted twice: once at the time of 28 days before and again 5 minutes after the interviews.There were no significant differences in plasma cortisol levels between before and after the interview questions in the 10 children with ASD and the 7 normal healthy controls. Disruption of videogame play, asked questions conducted by the unfamiliar adults, and memory retrieval for the unpleasant daily life events may be able to increase plasma cortisol levels. However, plasma cortisol levels in the 10 children with ASD were not significantly increase plasma cortisol response. Considering that video playing has been found toinduce distraction or decrease and no stress response, video game play candistract cortisol response to stressors.

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confidence: 99%

“…To the extent to which the situation is perceived as stressful, one of the useful biological marker is salivary [2,3] or plasma [4,5].…”

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Plasma Cortisol Response to Asked Questions on Recent Eventsduring Videogame Playin Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Yui¹,

Ohnishi²

2013

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Improvement in Social Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders Using a Theatre‐Based, Peer‐Mediated Intervention

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Objective SENSE Theatre is a novel intervention program aimed at improving reciprocal social interaction in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using behavioral strategies and theatrical techniques in a peer-mediated model. Previous research using a 3-month model showed improvement in face perception, social interaction, and reductions in stress. The current study assessed a 2-week summer camp model. Method Typically developing peers were trained and paired with ASD youth (8–17 years). Social perception and interaction skills were measured before and after treatment using neuropsychological and parental measures. Behavioral coding by reliable, independent raters was conducted within the treatment context (theatre) and outside the setting (playground). Salivary cortisol levels to assess physiological arousal were measured across contexts (home, theatre, and playground). A pretest-posttest design for within-group comparisons was used, and pre-specified pairwise comparisons were achieved using a nonparametric Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results Significant differences were observed in face processing, social awareness, and social cognition (p<0.05). Duration of interaction with familiar peers increased significantly over the course of treatment (p<0.05) while engagement with novel peers outside the treatment setting remained stable. Cortisol levels rose on the first day of camp compared to home values yet declined by the end of treatment and further reduced during post-treatment play with peers. Conclusions Results corroborate previous findings that the peer-mediated theatre program contributes to improvement in core social deficits in ASD using a short-term, summer camp treatment model. Future studies will explore treatment length and peer familiarity to optimize and generalize gains.

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Salivary cortisol and behavioral response to social evaluative threat in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

2016

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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social behavior. One possible explanation for social communication deficits in ASD could be differences in biological systems that support responses to environmental stimuli. If so, it is unclear if differences in the arousal response to social stimuli in ASD are due to reduced interest in social information, or to an increased stress response. The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis facilitates arousal and the stress response to sensory input, including social stimuli. Previous research shows blunted cortisol response to social evaluative threat in children with ASD. The majority of prior work has focused on children with ASD, but adolescents with ASD are understudied. The adolescent period is of interest, as this developmental epoch is associated with increased salience of social evaluative threat in typically developing (TD) populations. In this study, we employed the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), a laboratory paradigm that involves exposure to social evaluative threat, to study the cortisol and behavioral response to social evaluative threat in ASD and TD adolescents. Salivary cortisol data were collected at six time points before and after the TSST. Behavioral data were collected using video recordings of the TSST, which were then operationalized and coded. Paired sample t-tests were used to calculate within-group cortisol response to the TSST. Cortisol significantly increased in response to the TSST in the TD group but not the ASD group. The TD group showed a trend for more self-soothing behaviors during the stressor than the ASD group. The lack of a cortisol response to the TSST in the ASD group suggests that the TSST is not interpreted as stressful or salient for ASD adolescents. Autism Res 2017, 10: 346-358. © 2016 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Effect of Social Familiarity on Salivary Cortisol and Self-Reports of Social Anxiety and Stress in Children with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

Cited by 81 publications

References 37 publications

Plasma Cortisol Response to Asked Questions on Recent Eventsduring Videogame Playin Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Plasma Cortisol Response to Asked Questions on Recent Eventsduring Videogame Playin Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Improvement in Social Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders Using a Theatre‐Based, Peer‐Mediated Intervention

Salivary cortisol and behavioral response to social evaluative threat in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

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