Describing how caregivers' talk to their autistic children, and how their talk may influence social and language outcomes, has important implications for developmental theory and intervention research. In this systematic literature review, we examine 294 caregiver talk variables extracted from 65 studies, provide a narrative overview of research findings, and link measurement approaches to various theories of language development. The majority of variables included only talk directed to children (90%), and specified the speech act being performed (57%). More than one‐third of variables measured talk that was responsive to children's attention, activities, or communication (38%), and slightly less than a third measured variables that elicited children's communication or engagement. Semantic aspects of talk were specified in 41% of variables, structural features were measured in 20% of variables, and suprasegmental features were measured in only 1% of variables. Talk quantity (without reference to other aspects of talk) was measured in 8% of variables. We found strong support that talk related to children's attention is implicated in autistic children's language development, but this construct has been measured inconsistently in terms of semantic, structural, and functional features. There is also evidence for bi‐directional relationships between caregiver's talk and autistic children's development on a variety of semantic and structural variables.

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照顾者谈话自闭症研究的系统文献综述

描述看护者如何与自闭症儿童交谈，以及他们的谈话如何影响社会和语言结果，对发展理论和干预研究具有重要意义。在这篇系统的文献综述中，我们检查了从65项研究中提取的294个照顾者谈话变量，提供了研究结果的叙述性概述，并将测量方法与各种语言发展理论联系起来。大多数变量仅包括针对儿童的谈话（90％），并指定了要执行的言语行为（57％）。三分之一以上的测量变量是对儿童的注意力，活动或交流的回应（38％），略少于三分之一的变量引起了儿童的交流或参与。在41％的变量中指定了语音的语义方面，在20％的变量中指定了结构特征，而在1％的变量中定义了节段上特征。通话量（不涉及通话的其他方面）是在8％的变量中测得的。我们发现，与儿童注意力有关的谈话与自闭症儿童的语言发展密切相关，但这种支持在语义，结构和功能特征方面均不一致。也有证据表明，在各种语义和结构变量上，看护者的谈话与自闭症儿童的发展之间存在双向关系。通话量（不涉及通话的其他方面）是在8％的变量中测得的。我们发现，与儿童注意力有关的谈话与自闭症儿童的语言发展密切相关，但这种支持在语义，结构和功能特征方面均不一致。也有证据表明，在各种语义和结构变量上，看护者的谈话与自闭症儿童的发展之间存在双向关系。通话量（不涉及通话的其他方面）是在8％的变量中测得的。我们发现，与儿童注意力有关的谈话与自闭症儿童的语言发展密切相关，但这种支持在语义，结构和功能特征方面均不一致。也有证据表明，在各种语义和结构变量上，看护者的谈话与自闭症儿童的发展之间存在双向关系。