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Ozsivadjian, Ann; Hollocks, Matthew J.; Southcott, Jess; Absoud, Michael; Holmes, Emily – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Mental imagery has been implicated in anxiety disorders in adults, but has not been investigated in child and adolescent populations. Anxiety is highly prevalent in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and as people with ASD are often thought of as "visual thinkers," the potential role of distressing imagery in children with ASD merits…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children
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Terrett, Gill; Rendell, Peter G.; Raponi-Saunders, Sandra; Henry, Julie D.; Bailey, Phoebe E.; Altgassen, Mareike – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
The capacity to imagine oneself experiencing future events has important implications for effective daily living but investigation of this ability in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is limited. This study investigated future thinking in 30 children with high functioning ASD (IQ > 85) and 30 typically developing children. They completed the…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Cognitive Processes