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Development of Moral Judgments in Impersonal and Personal Dilemmas in Autistic Spectrum Disorders from Childhood to Late Adolescence
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Melanie Labusch; Manuel Perea; Rosa Sahuquillo-Leal; Isabel Bofill-Moscardó; Ángel Carrasco-Tornero; Antonio Cañada-Pérez; Ana García-Blanco – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
A potential underlying mechanism associated with the difficulties in social interactions in Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) concerns the abnormal development of moral reasoning. The present study examined utilitarian and deontological judgments in impersonal and personal moral dilemmas, comparing 66 individuals with ASD and 61 typically…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Decision Making
Altered Metabolic Characteristics in Plasma of Young Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Wang, Lei; Zheng, Ruixuan; Xu, Ying; Zhou, Ziyun; Guan, Ping; Wu, Yanling; Zhou, Jian; Cheng, Zaohuo; Zhang, Lili – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a serious neurodevelopmental disorder with no clinical biomarker. This study used untargeted metabolomic analysis to identify metabolic characteristics in plasma that can distinguish ASD children. 29 boys with ASD (3.02 ± 0.67 years) and 30 typically developing (TD) boys (3.13 ± 0.46 years) were recruited.…
Descriptors: Males, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Control Groups, Biochemistry
Brief Report: Self-Based and Mechanical-Based Future Thinking in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Marini, A.; Ferretti, F.; Chiera, A.; Magni, R.; Adornetti, I.; Nicchiarelli, S.; Vicari, S.; Valeri, G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
This brief report is a partial replication of the study by Jackson and Atance ("J Dev Disabil" 14:40-45, 2008) assessing nonverbal Self-based and Mechanical-based future thinking (FT) in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In a first step, these tasks were administered to 30 children with ASD. The two Self-based tasks were then…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Replication (Evaluation)
Prediction of Autism at 3 Years from Behavioural and Developmental Measures in High-Risk Infants: A Longitudinal Cross-Domain Classifier Analysis
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Bussu, G.; Jones, E. J. H.; Charman, T.; Johnson, M. H.; Buitelaar, J. K.; Baron-Cohen, S.; Bedford, R.; Bolton, P.; Blasi, A.; Chandler, S.; Cheung, C.; Davies, K.; Elsabbagh, M.; Fernandes, J.; Gammer, I.; Garwood, H.; Gliga, T.; Guiraud, J.; Hudry, K.; Liew, M.; Lloyd-Fox, S.; Maris, H.; O'Hara, L.; Pasco, G.; Pickles, A.; Ribeiro, H.; Salomone, E.; Tucker, L.; Volein, A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
We integrated multiple behavioural and developmental measures from multiple time-points using machine learning to improve early prediction of individual Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) outcome. We examined Mullen Scales of Early Learning, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, and early ASD symptoms between 8 and 36 months in high-risk siblings (HR; n…
Descriptors: Prediction, Autism, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Classification
Reactive Aggression among Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Kaartinen, Miia; Puura, Kaija; Helminen, Mika; Salmelin, Raili; Pelkonen, Erja; Juujärvi, Petri – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Twenty-seven boys and eight girls with ASD and thirty-five controls matched for gender, age and total score intelligence were studied to ascertain whether boys and girls with ASD display stronger reactive aggression than boys and girls without ASD. Participants performed a computerized version of the Pulkkinen aggression machine that examines the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Gender Differences, Aggression
Brief Report: Do Children with Autism Gather Information from Social Contexts to Aid Their Word Learning?
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Jing, Wei; Fang, Junming – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Typically developing (TD) infants could capitalize on social eye gaze and social contexts to aid word learning. Although children with autism disorder (AD) are known to exhibit atypicality in word learning via social eye gaze, their ability to utilize social contexts for word learning is not well understood. We investigated whether verbal AD…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Control Groups, Interpersonal Competence, Cues
Early Language Profiles in Infants at High-Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Hudry, Kristelle; Chandler, Susie; Bedford, Rachael; Pasco, Greg; Gliga, Teodora; Elsabbagh, Mayada; Johnson, Mark H.; Charman, Tony – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Many preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) present relative lack of receptive advantage over concurrent expressive language. Such profile emergence was investigated longitudinally in 54 infants at high-risk (HR) for ASD and 50 low-risk controls, with three language measures taken across four visits (around 7, 14, 24, 38 months). HR…
Descriptors: Infants, At Risk Persons, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Maternal Parenting Behavior and Child Behavior Problems in Families of Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Maljaars, Jarymke; Boonen, Hannah; Lambrechts, Greet; Van Leeuwen, Karla; Noens, Ilse – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Parents of a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face specific challenges in parenting, but concrete parenting behavior has never been properly investigated in these families. This exploratory questionnaire study compared parenting behaviors among mothers of children and adolescents with ASD (n = 552) and without ASD (n = 437) and examined…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Parenting Styles
Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? Category Use in Problem-Solving in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Alderson-Day, Ben; McGonigle-Chalmers, Margaret – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
Fourteen children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and fourteen age-matched typically-developing (TD) controls were tested on an adapted version of the Twenty Questions Task (Mosher and Hornsby in Studies in cognitive growth. Wiley, New York, pp 86-102, "1966") to examine effects of content, executive and verbal IQ factors on category use in…
Descriptors: Autism, Problem Solving, Short Term Memory, Children
The Early Development of Joint Attention in Infants with Autistic Disorder Using Home Video Observations and Parental Interview
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Clifford, Sally M; Dissanayake, Cheryl – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
The aim in the current study was to investigate the early development of joint attention, eye contact and affect during the first 2 years of life, by using retrospective parental interviews and analyses of home videos of infants who were later diagnosed with Autistic Disorder (AD). The 36 children with AD and the 27 matched control children were…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Autism, Infants, Human Body