Reference : Attitudes of Children with Autism towards Robots: An Exploratory Study

	Document type :	Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Paper published in a book
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Treatment & clinical psychology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/43199

Title :	Attitudes of Children with Autism towards Robots: An Exploratory Study
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Pinto Costa, Andreia [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Schweich, Tonie [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > >]
	Charpiot, Louise [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Steffgen, Georges [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
Publication date :	Jun-2018
Main document title :	ACM SIGCHI IDC2018 Workshop on Children's Robotics and Child-Robot Interaction
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Event name :	Interaction Design and Children Workshop on Child-Robot Interaction (IDC-CRI2018)
Event date :	19-06-2018
Keywords :	[en] autism spectrum disorder ; children ; child-robot interaction ; attitudes
Abstract :	[en] In this exploratory study we assessed how attitudes of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) towards robots together with children’s autism-related social impairments are linked to indicators of children’s preference of an interaction with a robot over an interaction with a person. We found that children with ASD have overall positive attitudes towards robots and that they often prefer interacting with a robot than with a person. Several of children’s attitudes were linked to children’s longer gazes towards a robot compared to a person. Autism-related social impairments were linked to more repetitive and stereotyped behaviors and to a shorter gaze duration in the interaction with the robot compared to the person. These preliminary results contribute to better understand factors that might help determine sub-groups of children with ASD for whom robots could be particularly useful.
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/43199
Other URL :	https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1806/1806.07805.pdf

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