Social Cognition and Friendships in Adolescents With Autistic-Like Experiences and Psychotic-Like Experiences

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ID15519207
AutoresHester Sijtsma (0000-0002-1820-0559, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, autor de correspondencia), Nikki Lee (0000-0001-9135-4821, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Nikki C Lee, Miriam Hollarek (0000-0002-5141-9261, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Reubs J Walsh (0000-0002-5592-7562, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Mariët van Buuren (0000-0002-9330-5617, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Barbara R Braams (0000-0002-8688-5959, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Lydia Krabbendam (0000-0003-4074-5149, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Año2021
Volumen11
Páginas589824-589824
Fecha de publicación2021-01-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
EditorialFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2020.589824
PMID33519546
OpenAlexW3125788528
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas53

Autism spectrum conditions (ASC) and schizophrenia spectrum conditions (SSC) are both characterized by changes in social-cognitive functioning. Less is known about the overlap and the differences in social-cognitive functioning when comparing individuals with subclinical levels of ASC and SSC, while studies in non-clinical samples have the benefit of avoiding confounds that are present in clinical groups. Therefore, we first examined how autistic-like experiences, positive psychotic-like experiences and the co-occurrence of both correlated with the performance on an extensive battery of social cognition tasks in young adolescents. Second, we examined the effect of autistic-like experiences, psychotic-like experiences and their co-occurrence on friendships in daily life. A total of 305 adolescents ( M age = 12.6, sd = 0.4, 147 boys) participated in the current study. A battery of social cognition tasks, comprising the Reading the Mind in the Eyes task, Dot perspective task and trust game were individually administered in a classroom setting, along with a friendship peer nomination questionnaire. Results indicated no evidence for a relationship between the performance on the social cognition battery and subclinical experiences of autism and/or psychosis. However, results did show that the amount of autistic-like experiences of adolescents were associated with being less often selected as a friend by their peers. By contrast, no relationship between self-reported friendships and autistic-like experiences was found. Neither a relationship between friendships and psychotic-like experiences was reported. This study provides initial evidence that information provided by peers may shed light on (altered) social behavior associated with autistic-like experiences that is not apparent on performance measures, as well as elucidate possible differences between autistic- and psychotic-like experiences

Asperger syndrome · Autism · Autism spectrum disorder · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Friendship · Psychiatry · Psychosis · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Social cognition · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Clinical Psychology · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology · Social Psychology