Listener behavior has been shown to influence speaker behavior. However, little is known about the extent to which listener behavior can influence countertherapeutic outcomes. This study evaluated the influence of listener interest on the topics presented by adult participants conversing with an experimenter acting as an individual who exhibited restricted interests. Each session consisted of a 5-min conversation, during which the participant was instructed to talk about 3 topics. We compared the duration of topic presentation across phases in which the experimenter behaved as an interested listener for 1 topic or for all 3 topics. Results showed that topic presentation was controlled by listener interest and all participants reported that the simulation was believable, acceptable, and useful. Although preliminary, these findings have implications for understanding possible undesirable interactions between individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who exhibit restricted interests and their peers or caregivers.

中文翻译：

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对听众兴趣的转化评估，以将对话主题呈现给表现出有限兴趣的个人

听者的行为已被证明会影响说话者的行为。然而，关于听众行为对反治疗结果的影响程度知之甚少。这项研究评估了听众兴趣对成年参与者与作为表现出有限兴趣的个体的实验者交谈时提出的主题的影响。每个会话包括一个 5 分钟的对话，在此期间参与者被指示谈论 3 个主题。我们比较了实验者对 1 个主题或所有 3 个主题表现出感兴趣的听众的不同阶段的主题呈现持续时间。结果表明，主题呈现受听众兴趣的控制，所有参与者都报告说模拟是可信的、可接受的和有用的。虽然是初步的，