Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at risk for disrupted peer interactions. This study contributes to our understanding of how multiple foundational elements of emotional competence are related to children's prosocial behaviors with peers. Children with ASD demonstrated significantly lower non-stereotypical affective perspective taking, had lower ratings of emotion regulation, and showed differences from their typical peers in the use of discrete coping strategies during peer interactions. Children's emotion regulation and use of discrete coping strategies in the context of peers were associated with their prosocial behaviors one year later. The findings add to our understanding of how emotional development contributes to individual differences in the social-emotional behaviors of children with ASD. Implications for intervention are discussed.

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自闭症谱系障碍儿童的情绪能力与亲社会行为之间的联系。

患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的儿童有遭受同伴互动中断的风险。这项研究有助于我们理解情绪能力的多个基本要素与同伴的儿童亲社会行为之间的关系。患有自闭症的儿童表现出明显降低了非定型的情感观点采择，降低了情绪调节等级，并且在同伴互动过程中使用离散应对策略时表现出与典型同伴的差异。一年后，儿童在同伴中的情绪调节和离散应对策略的使用与他们的亲社会行为有关。这些发现增加了我们对情绪发展如何导致自闭症儿童的社会情感行为的个体差异的理解。