Revisiting the overlap between autistic and schizotypal traits in the non-clinical population using meta-analysis and network analysis

Autor: Han-Xue Yang, Diane C. Gooding, Jingbo Gong, Eric F.C. Cheung, Han-yu Zhou, Sohee Park, Raymond C.K. Chan
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Schizophrenia Research. 212:6-14
ISSN: 0920-9964
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.07.050
Popis: The present study aimed to explore the relationship between autistic and schizotypal traits in the non-clinical population. We first conducted a meta-analysis to quantify the correlation between self-reported autistic traits and the three dimensions of schizotypal traits (positive, negative and disorganization). The strongest correlation was found between autistic traits and negative schizotypal traits (r = 0.536, 95% CI [0.481, 0.586]), followed by the disorganization (r = 0.355, 95% CI [0.304, 0.404]) and positive (r = 0.256, 95% CI [0.208, 0.302]) dimensions. To visualize the partial correlations between dimensional behavioural traits, we constructed a network model based on a large sample of college students (N = 2469). Negative schizotypal traits were strongly correlated with autistic social/communicative deficits, whereas positive schizotypal traits were inversely correlated with autistic-like traits, lending support to the psychosis-autism diametrical model. Disentangling the overlapping and diametrical structure of autism and schizophrenia may help to elucidate the aetiology of these two neurodevelopmental disorders.
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