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Theory of mind (ToM) has been applied in an attempt to explain the social impairments that characterize children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, an examination of several Turkish ToM studies revealed that ToM belief tests often have been used inappropriately to assess typically developing (TD) children and those adult versions of the Eyes Test and other ToM tests have been used inappropriately to assess adults with psychiatric disorders. Among the studies examined, none had used advanced ToM tests such as the Eyes Test and the Strange Stories Test to compare TD children and children with autism. The objective of this study was to examine the ToM levels attained by children with autism and TD children between the ages of 7 and 13 years, using the advanced ToM Strange Stories and Eyes tests. Compared with ASD children, TD children achieved higher scores on the Eyes and Strange Stories tests.

PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to determine the injury risk behaviors and home safety measures in children with an intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder. METHOD: The study sample included mothers of 100 children between the ages of 2 and 12 years. FINDINGS: There was a significant difference between the home safety measures and the children's ages, the birth order of the children, and the mother's and father's ages. There was not a significant relationship between the children's ages, diagnosis, and Injury Behavior Checklist (IBC). There is a positive correlation between the total score of the Home Safety Measures Control List and IBC. Language: en

The purpose of this study is to examine psychometric properties of “Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test” for both children and adult forms. Adult study group consists of 268 participants between the age of 18 - 60 (59.7% female, 40.03% male). Children study group consists of 202 normally developed children and 33 children with autism between the ages of 6 to 16. In the study, 42.1% of children participants (N = 99) were female and 57.9% were male (N = 136). According to results, both forms have adequate internal consistency reliability (Cronbach Alpha value for adult form is 0.71 and for children form is 0.72). In children form, construct validity was examined in terms of age, gender and diagnosis and differentiation of this group were determined. Adults form is determined as a reliable and valid form for high school graduated individuals.

Bu çalışma, yaygın gelişimsel bozukluk tanılı çocukların anne babalarının bu tanı nedeniyle yaşadıkları yas sürecini, evlilik uyumlarını ve algıladıkları sosyal desteği etkileyen faktörleri incelemek amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler, 3-18 yaş aralığında yaygın gelişimsel bozukluk (YGB) tanılı çocuğu olan gönüllü 103 anne-babaya uygulanan Hogan Yas Tepkileri Tarama Listesi, Çiftler Uyum Ölçeği, Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği ve Kişisel Bilgi Formu kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Yaş, evlilik uyumu ve algılanan sosyal desteğin çeşitli demografik değişkenler açısından farklılaştığı bulunmuştur. YGB tanılı çocukların anne-babalarında yasın olumsuz yanını yordayan değişkenlerin annebabaların cinsiyet ve eğitim düzeyi, evlilik süresi, özel insan kategorisinden algılanan sosyal destek, arkadaş kategorisinden algılanan sosyal destek ve çift bağlılığı olduğu görülmüştür. Yasın olumlu yanını yordayan değişkenlerin ise anne-babanın cinsiyeti ve eğitim düzeyi, tanıdan sonra geçen süre ve çift uyumu olduğu belirlenmiştir. Sonuçlar ilgili alanyazın verileri ışığında tartışılmıştır.

When literature is examined, it is seen that generally there are descriptive studies examining the effects of young children with autism in a certain age or age range on their parents’ marital and family relationships as well as psychological conditions such as mourning, stress, anxiety, and depression. Longitudinal studies on the social experiences of parents of children with autism are scarce. It was observed that there was not a longitudinal study in Turkey, evaluating the emotional processes parents live through from the years when their children are diagnosed with autism until the university education, the changes they experience in family relations, the problems they encounter in their children’s education process, and the emotional-social support services they receive/do not receive. This study is a qualitative study that examines the 15–16 years of experience of autistic children’s parents by analyzing video interview records that were carried out using a semi-structured interview form. The results were examined under seven themes and five sub-themes, and the results that were obtained were in accordance with the literature.

In this study, children with learning disability (LD) were compared with children with autism spectrum disorder(ASD) in terms of identifying emotions from photographs with certain face and body expressions. The sampleconsisted of a total of 82 children aged 7-19 years living in Izmir in Turkey. A total of 6 separate sets of slides,consisting of black and white photographs, were used to assess participants’ ability to identify feelings – 3 sets forfacial expressions, and 3 sets for body language. There were 20 photographs on the face slides and 38 photographson the body language slides. The results of the nonparametric Mann Whitney-U test showed no significant differencebetween the total scores that children received from each of the face and body language slide sets. It was observedthat the children with LD usually looked at the whole photo, while the children with ASD focused especially aroundthe mouth to describe feelings. The results that were obtained were discussed in the context of the literature, andsuggestions were presented.

The purpose of the study is to determine the injury risk behaviors and home safety measures in children with an intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder.The study sample included mothers of 100 children between the ages of 2 and 12 years.There was a significant difference between the home safety measures and the children's ages, the birth order of the children, and the mother's and father's ages. There was not a significant relationship between the children's ages, diagnosis, and Injury Behavior Checklist (IBC). There is a positive correlation between the total score of the Home Safety Measures Control List and IBC.