A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Autistic Traits in the UK, India and Malaysia

Autor/inn/en	Freeth, Megan; Sheppard, Elizabeth; Ramachandran, Rajani; Milne, Elizabeth
Titel	A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Autistic Traits in the UK, India and Malaysia
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43 (2013) 11, S.2569-2583 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-013-1808-9
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Comparative Education; Cultural Differences; Behavior Patterns; Gender Differences; Factor Structure; India; Malaysia; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Autismus; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Kultureller Unterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Faktorenstruktur; Indien; Großbritannien
Abstract	The disorder of autism is widely recognised throughout the world. However, the diagnostic criteria and theories of autism are based on research predominantly conducted in Western cultures. Here we compare the expression of autistic traits in a sample of neurotypical individuals from one Western culture (UK) and two Eastern cultures (India and Malaysia), using the Autism-spectrum Quotient (AQ) in order to identify possible cultural differences in the expression of autistic traits. Behaviours associated with autistic traits were reported to a greater extent in the Eastern cultures than the Western culture. Males scored higher than females and science students scored higher than non-science students in each culture. Indian students scored higher than both other groups on the Imagination sub-scale, Malaysian students scored higher than both other groups on the Attention Switching sub-scale. The underlying factor structures of the AQ for each population were derived and discussed. (As Provided).
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