Social Information Processing Skills in Children with Histories of Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure |
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Authors: | Christie L McGee Olivia A Bjorkquist Joseph M Price Sarah N Mattson Edward P Riley |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Behavioral Teratology, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Ct. Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92120, USA;(2) SDSU/University of California-San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA;(3) Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92120, USA |
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Abstract: | Based on caregiver report, children with prenatal alcohol exposure have difficulty with social functioning, but little is
known about their social cognition. The current study assessed the social information processing patterns of school-age children
with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure using a paradigm based on Crick and Dodge’s reformulated six-stage model. Fifty-two children
(aged 7–11) with and without heavy prenatal alcohol exposure were tested using a structured interview measure of social information
processing involving 18 videotaped vignettes of children in group entry and provocation situations. Alcohol-exposed children
displayed maladaptive processing patterns on the goal, response generation, and response evaluation steps in group entry situations,
and encoding, attribution, response evaluation, and enactment steps during provocation situations. Children with heavy prenatal
alcohol exposure also had difficulty on the Test of Problem Solving, and performance correlated with social information processing
measures. Such difficulties may lead to problems in social functioning and warrant early intervention. |
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Keywords: | Fetal alcohol syndrome Prenatal alcohol exposure Social information processing Social functioning |
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