| Title |
Gender Differences in the Social Motivation and Friendship Experiences of Autistic and Non-autistic Adolescents
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10803-015-2669-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Felicity Sedgewick, Vivian Hill, Rhiannon Yates, Leanne Pickering, Elizabeth Pellicano |
| Abstract |
This mixed-methods study examined gender differences in the social motivation and friendship experiences of adolescent boys and girls with autism relative to those without autism, all educated within special education settings. Autistic girls showed similar social motivation and friendship quality to non-autistic girls, while autistic boys reported having both qualitatively different friendships and less motivation for social contact relative to boys without autism and to girls with and without autism. Semi-structured interviews with the adolescents corroborated these findings, with one exception: autistic girls reported high levels of relational aggression within their friendships, suggesting that girls on the autism spectrum in particular may struggle with identifying and dealing with conflict in their social lives. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 18 | 41% |
| United States | 3 | 7% |
| Canada | 3 | 7% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 18 | 41% |
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| Members of the public | 31 | 70% |
| Scientists | 7 | 16% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 9% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 5% |
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| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 455 | 100% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 70 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 69 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 60 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 41 | 9% |
| Researcher | 30 | 7% |
| Other | 55 | 12% |
| Unknown | 131 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 167 | 37% |
| Social Sciences | 43 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 15 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 3% |
| Other | 54 | 12% |
| Unknown | 150 | 33% |
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