Validation of the French Autism Spectrum Quotient scale and its relationships with schizotypy and Eysenckian personality traits
| Autor: | Jérôme Rossier, Guillaume Sierro, Christine Mohr |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Autism-spectrum quotient Adolescent Autism Spectrum Disorder lcsh:RC435-571 Schizotypy media_common.quotation_subject Theory of Mind Developmental psychology Schizotypal Personality Disorder Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires lcsh:Psychiatry Theory of mind mental disorders medicine Humans Personality Big Five personality traits Students Language media_common Reproducibility of Results medicine.disease Schizotypal personality disorder 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Child Development Disorders Pervasive Autism spectrum disorder Schizophrenia Autism Female France Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 68, Iss, Pp 147-155 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 0010-440X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.03.011 |
| Popis: | Background Autism and schizophrenia spectra were long considered distinct entities. Yet, recent studies emphasized overlapping clinical and personality features suggesting common mechanisms and liabilities. Independent notions, however, highlight that the two spectra oppose each other socially (positive schizotypal hyper-mentalism versus autistic hypo-mentalism). Methods To clarify these relationships, we used data from 921 French-speaking Swiss undergraduates to firstly validate the French Autism Spectrum Questionnaire (AQ) identifying an optimal factor structure. Secondly, we assessed relationships between this AQ structure and schizotypic personality traits. Results Results from correlational and principal component analyses replicated both overlapping and opposing relationships. Conclusions We conjecture that autistic traits opposing positive schizotypy represent autistic mentalizing deficits. We discuss implications of our findings relative to theories of autism and schizophrenia spectrum relationships. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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