He Said, She Said: Autism Spectrum Diagnosis and Gender Differentially Affect Relationships between Executive Functions and Social Communication

Autor/inn/en	Chouinard, Brea; Gallagher, Louise; Kelly, Clare
Titel	He Said, She Said: Autism Spectrum Diagnosis and Gender Differentially Affect Relationships between Executive Functions and Social Communication
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 23 (2019) 7, S.1793-1804 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361318815639
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Gender Differences; Executive Function; Interpersonal Communication; Interpersonal Competence; Short Term Memory; Planning; Metacognition; Children; Adolescents; Social Responsiveness Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Geschlechterkonflikt; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by difficulties with social communication, with a preponderance in males. Evidence supports a relationship between metacognitive executive functions (e.g. planning, working memory) and social communication in autism spectrum disorder, yet relationships with specific metacognitive executive functions and how gender alters the expression of these relationships require further study. We used multiple regression to examine relationships between informant-based measures of metacognitive executive function and social communication in intellectually able (IQ [greater than or equal to] 85) female (n = 111; mean age = 10.2 [plus or minus] 2.8; 31 autism spectrum disorder) and male youth (n = 310; mean age = 10.5 [plus or minus] 1.9; 146 autism spectrum disorder) with and without autism spectrum disorder from the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange-II database. Executive function--social communication relationships were different in females and males with autism spectrum disorder. Relationships between the entire metacognitive index and social communication were stronger in males with autism spectrum disorder than without; this pattern was also observed for metacognitive sub-indices 'monitor' and 'working memory'. These patterns were not observed in females. Relationships between executive function and social communication appear different for female and male youth with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis. To better understand the nature of metacognitive contributions to social communication in autism spectrum disorder, future work should investigate the co-development of monitoring, working memory and social communication, while taking gender into account. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01