Understanding Emotions In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

The current research aimed to identify the understanding of emotions in children with autism disorder.To achieve the goal of the research, the researchers randomly selected (30) boys and girls from the Imam Hussein Institute for Autistic Children’s Care in Karbala and built a mock test to measure the understanding of feelings among autistic children,ش consisting in its initial form of (27) paragraphs with two alternatives. To verify the validity of the test, the researchers presented it with the theoretical definition On (10) arbitrators specialized in educational psychology and special education, then the researchers applied it to the sample and to extract the psychometric properties of the test by the method of discriminatory power and construction validity (internal consistency). The researchers excluded (5) items from the test of understanding feelings for their invalidity and extracted stability by Alpha Cronbach's method, which amounted to (0.930), which is a very good stability coefficient that can be trusted. After verifying the validity of the scale items, the research concluded that children with autism do not have the ability to understand feelings. In light of the research results, the researchers presented a number of recommendations and suggestions.