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An Investigation of Gelotophobia in Individuals with a Diagnosis of High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, July 2018
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Title
An Investigation of Gelotophobia in Individuals with a Diagnosis of High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
Published in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, July 2018
DOI 10.1007/s10803-018-3661-3
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Geraldine Leader, Susan Grennan, June L. Chen, Arlene Mannion

Abstract

Samson et al. (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 41:475-483, 2011) conducted the first empirical investigation examining the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia) and its prevalence in individuals with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (hfASD). The present research examined gelotophobia in relation to social functioning, perceived social support, life satisfaction and quality of life (QoL) in individuals with hfASD, including past experiences of bullying and the presence of comorbid psychopathology. Participants were 103 adults with a clinical diagnosis of hfASD and 137 typically developing controls. Individuals with hfASD presented with higher rates of gelotophobia symptomatology in comparison to controls (87.4 vs. 22.6% respectively). It was also found that social functioning, past experiences of bullying, anxiety and life satisfaction were predictors of gelotophobia amongst individuals with hfASD.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 99 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 14 14%
Student > Master 12 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 11%
Researcher 7 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 5%
Other 10 10%
Unknown 40 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 18 18%
Social Sciences 11 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 6%
Neuroscience 3 3%
Other 9 9%
Unknown 41 41%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 June 2019.
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#4,170,585
of 23,867,274 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
#1,696
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#77,209
of 331,070 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
#36
of 84 outputs
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