What are Replicable Aspects of the Broader Autism Phenotype among College Students?
Are people with heightened autistic traits less likely to help other people? Recent research suggests that heightened autistic traits are associated with reduced self-reported prosocial behavior among college students. However, the growing literature examining sub-clinical traits associated with aut...
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| author | Ariana Riccio Steven K. Kapp Nidal Daou Jacob Shane Kristen Gillespie-Lynch |
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| description | Are people with heightened autistic traits less likely to help other people? Recent research suggests that heightened autistic traits are associated with reduced self-reported prosocial behavior among college students. However, the growing literature examining sub-clinical traits associated with autism, or the Broader Autism Phenotype (BAP), among college students has invested insufficient attention in replication of findings, potential interrelationships between constructs, or the degree to which social desirability bias may contribute to findings. To identify replicable aspects of the BAP, we administered a battery of measures to 391 undergraduate students. Replicating prior work, findings suggested that self-reported difficulties understanding the self and others (but 'not' less feeling for others) and sensory atypicalities are core aspects of the BAP. Reduced social desirability bias was also associated with the BAP. Prior associations between reduced prosocial tendencies and the BAP were not replicated. Findings highlight the importance of assessing multiple potential aspects of the BAP, particularly reduced susceptibility to the social desirability bias, when using self-report measures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-541d375b53e3424fa9fff07de83000e52022-12-22T00:34:03ZengUniversity of California PressCollabra: Psychology2474-73942020-01-016110.1525/collabra.271174What are Replicable Aspects of the Broader Autism Phenotype among College Students?Ariana Riccio0Steven K. Kapp1Nidal Daou2Jacob Shane3Kristen Gillespie-Lynch4Department of Psychology, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NYEgenis, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, HampshireDepartment of Psychology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LB; Department of Psychology, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LADepartment of Psychology, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY, US; Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NYDepartment of Psychology, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY, US; Department of Psychology, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NYAre people with heightened autistic traits less likely to help other people? Recent research suggests that heightened autistic traits are associated with reduced self-reported prosocial behavior among college students. However, the growing literature examining sub-clinical traits associated with autism, or the Broader Autism Phenotype (BAP), among college students has invested insufficient attention in replication of findings, potential interrelationships between constructs, or the degree to which social desirability bias may contribute to findings. To identify replicable aspects of the BAP, we administered a battery of measures to 391 undergraduate students. Replicating prior work, findings suggested that self-reported difficulties understanding the self and others (but 'not' less feeling for others) and sensory atypicalities are core aspects of the BAP. Reduced social desirability bias was also associated with the BAP. Prior associations between reduced prosocial tendencies and the BAP were not replicated. Findings highlight the importance of assessing multiple potential aspects of the BAP, particularly reduced susceptibility to the social desirability bias, when using self-report measures.https://www.collabra.org/articles/271broader autism phenotypeprosocialtheory of mindalexithymiasocial desirability biassensory processing |
| spellingShingle | Ariana Riccio Steven K. Kapp Nidal Daou Jacob Shane Kristen Gillespie-Lynch What are Replicable Aspects of the Broader Autism Phenotype among College Students? Collabra: Psychology broader autism phenotype prosocial theory of mind alexithymia social desirability bias sensory processing |
| title | What are Replicable Aspects of the Broader Autism Phenotype among College Students? |
| title_full | What are Replicable Aspects of the Broader Autism Phenotype among College Students? |
| title_fullStr | What are Replicable Aspects of the Broader Autism Phenotype among College Students? |
| title_full_unstemmed | What are Replicable Aspects of the Broader Autism Phenotype among College Students? |
| title_short | What are Replicable Aspects of the Broader Autism Phenotype among College Students? |
| title_sort | what are replicable aspects of the broader autism phenotype among college students |
| topic | broader autism phenotype prosocial theory of mind alexithymia social desirability bias sensory processing |
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