@article{4f93485ff170495e863dbbc39253d50a,
title = "Parent-child nonverbal engagement during read versus sung book-sharing in preschoolers with and without ASD",
abstract = "Providing natural opportunities that scaffold interpersonal engagement is important for supporting social interactions for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Musical activities are often motivating, familiar, and predictable, and may support both children and their interaction partners by providing opportunities for shared social engagement. We assessed multiple facets of nonverbal social engagement-child and caregiver visual attention and interpersonal movement coordination-during musical (song) and non-musical (picture) book-sharing contexts in caregiver-child dyads of preschoolers with (n = 13) and without (n = 16) ASD. Overall, children with ASD demonstrated reduced visual attention during the book sharing activity, as well as reduced movement coordination with their caregivers, compared to children with typical development. Children in both diagnostic groups, as well as caregivers, demonstrated greater visual attention (gaze toward the activity and/or social partner) during song books compared to picture books. Visual attention behavior was correlated between children and caregivers in the ASD group but only in the song book condition. Findings highlight the importance of considering how musical contexts impact the behavior of both partners in the interaction. Musical activities may support social engagement by modulating the behavior of both children and caregivers.",
keywords = "AUTISM SPECTRUM, BEHAVIOR, COMMUNICATION, COORDINATION, IMPROVISATIONAL MUSIC-THERAPY, INTERPERSONAL SYNCHRONY, INTERVENTION, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, VISUAL-ATTENTION, YOUNG-CHILDREN, attention, autism spectrum disorders, movement coordination, parent-child interaction, song, RHYTHM",
author = "T.L. Liu and B.G. Schultz and D. Dai and C. Liu and M.D. Lense",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Research reported in this publication was supported in part by awards from the National Endowment for the Arts (1844332-38 -C-18). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The NEA does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information included in this report and are not responsible for any consequence of its use. This work was additionally supported by the Program for Music, Mind & Society at Vanderbilt (with funding from the Trans-Institutional Programs Initiative), the VUMC Faculty Research Scholars Program, and the VUMC Department of Otolaryngology. Data collection and management used REDCap electronic data tools at Vanderbilt (UL1 TR000445 from NCATS/NIH). Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Research reported in this publication was supported in part by awards from the National Endowment for the Arts (1844332-38 -C-18). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The NEA does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information included in this report and are not responsible for any consequence of its use. This work was additionally supported by the Program for Music, Mind & Society at Vanderbilt (with funding from the Trans-Institutional Programs Initiative), the VUMC Faculty Research Scholars Program, and the VUMC Department of Otolaryngology. Data collection and management used REDCap electronic data tools at Vanderbilt (UL1 TR000445 from NCATS/NIH). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2021.",
year = "2022",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1177/03057356211058781",
language = "English",
volume = "50",
pages = "1721--1739",
journal = "Psychology of Music",
issn = "0305-7356",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "6",
}