Understanding Emotion Patterns in Children with Autism: A Case Study
- DOI
- 10.2991/soshec-18.2018.11How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- autism, emotional stimulus, emotional reactions, emotional pattern
- Abstract
The study investigated the emotion pattern in children with autism. Children with autism are considered to have disabilities in recognizing and expressing their emotion. Even though, latest studies show that actually, the children are able recognize and express basic emotions in their daily life. However, just a few in those studies explore emotional pattern in children with autism by look upon their behavioral responses. This is a qualitative research employed through observation with audiovisual records to explore three ten-year-age children with autism in Surabaya, Indonesia. The observation was conducted to observe emotional stimulus, responses of emotional stimulus in children with autism such as emotional reactions or emotional control in subject. The results found that human being, object, and condition could be stimuli that may cause emotional reactions. From the emotional reactions could be classified based on the subject’s expressed emotions, namely positive emotions (i.e. happy, love, missing, and shy) and negative emotions (i.e. angry, scary, sad, and shocked). In addition, in terms of emotional control of the subject could be in the form of external and internal emotional controls.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Khofidotur Rofiah AU - Siti Mahmudah AU - Sujarwanto Mr. AU - Endang Purbaningrum AU - Febrita Ardianingsih AU - Ima Kurrotun Ainin PY - 2018/07 DA - 2018/07 TI - Understanding Emotion Patterns in Children with Autism: A Case Study BT - Proceedings of the 2nd Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Conference: Establishing Identities through Language, Culture, and Education (SOSHEC 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 50 EP - 54 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/soshec-18.2018.11 DO - 10.2991/soshec-18.2018.11 ID - Rofiah2018/07 ER -