Social attribution processes and comorbid psychiatric symptoms in children with Asperger syndrome. Autism 2006 Jul;10(4):383-402
Date
08/16/2006Pubmed ID
16908481Pubmed Central ID
PMC2654174DOI
10.1177/1362361306064435Scopus ID
2-s2.0-33746955219 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 112 CitationsAbstract
The factors that place children with Asperger syndrome at risk for comorbid psychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, remain poorly understood. We investigated the possibility that the children's emotional and behavioral difficulties are associated with social information and attribution processing. Participants were children with either Asperger syndrome (n = 31) or typical development (n = 33).To assess social information and attribution processing, children responded to hypothetical social vignettes. They also completed self-report measures of social difficulties and psychological functioning. Their parents provided information on social competence and clinical presentation. Children with Asperger syndrome showed poor psychosocial adjustment, which was related to their social information and attribution processing patterns. Cognitive and social-cognitive abilities were associated with aspects of social information processing tendencies, but not with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Results suggest that the comorbid symptoms of children with Asperger syndrome may be associated with their social perception, understanding, and experience.
Author List
Meyer JA, Mundy PC, Van Hecke AV, Durocher JSAuthor
Amy Van Hecke PhD Professor in the Psychology department at Marquette UniversityMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AffectAsperger Syndrome
Awareness
Child
Cognition Disorders
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Mental Disorders
Mental Processes
Psychology
Social Adjustment
Social Perception
Surveys and Questionnaires
Voice
