Course of Face-to-face Interactions in Adults With Autism
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Conversation.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Neurotypical. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Netherlands
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Course of Face-to-face Interactions in Adults With Autism: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Experimental Design
Overview
This research explores how adults with autism make eye contact during formal and informal interactions; to what extent the nature of a conversation influences how eye contact is made in terms of length, frequency and overall presentation. Also what physiological responses to eye contact are, in order to determine to what extent eye contact leads to an increased, decreased or unchanged stress level. In addition, to gain insight into the similarities and differences in how people with ASD respond to eye contact of others compared to their own eye contact.
Detailed description
This research explores how adults with autism make eye contact during formal and informal interactions; to what extent the nature of a conversation influences how eye contact is made in terms of length, frequency and overall presentation. Also what physiological responses to eye contact are, in order to determine to what extent eye contact leads to an increased, decreased or unchanged stress level. In addition, to gain insight into the similarities and differences in how people with ASD respond to eye contact of others compared to their own eye contact.
The research design chosen is an exploratory mixed methods study, which was developed in co-design with an expert by experience. The design consists of two parts. In the first part, the researcher will have a conversation (with a formal and informal phase, in which the subject will be given the idea that only the formal part is part of the research) with an adult with ASD, during which hidden recordings of the subject's eye behavior will be made, and in addition, skin conductance and duration/frequency of the subject's eye contact will be recorded, without the subject knowing that this is intended for research into eye contact. In the second part, the researcher and subject watch the hidden recording of the subject's eye behavior, during which the subject's skin conductance will be recorded and special features of the subject, as seen by the researcher. Both the arrangement of the subjects and researcher, as well as the physiological measurements, will be tested in advance.
Interventions
- Behavioral Conversation
The design consists of two parts. In the first part, the researcher will have a conversation (with a formal and informal phase, where the subject will be given the idea that only the formal part is part of the study) with an adult with ASD during which covert recordings of the subject's eye behavior will be made, and in addition skin conductance and duration/frequency of eye contact of the subject will be recorded, without the subject knowing that this is intended for the purpose of studying eye
Primary outcome measures
- Frequency of eye contact in adults with autism, measured with video, audio and push button. [Time frame: Baseline]
- Duration of eye contact in adults with autism, measured with video, audio and push button. [Time frame: Baseline]
- Arousal during eye contact in adults with autism, measured with skin conductance [Time frame: Baseline]
- Arousal during reflection on ones own eye contact in adults with autism, measured with skin conductance [Time frame: Baseline]
- Reflection on ones own eye contact in adults with autism, measured with video and audio [Time frame: Baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Neurotypical adults and adults with an ASD, determined according to an internationally recognized classification system.
- Able to understand the instructions.
- Motivation to participate in research.
Exclusion criteria
- No good command of the Dutch language.
- Use of alcohol and/or recreational drugs during the research.
- Mentally too unstable to participate in the research.
- Familiarity with treatment in the VGZ.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Netherlands · 1 center
- Dimence Groep — Deventer
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06925308 · 559902