When Alterations in Social Cognition Meet Subjective Complaints in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Evaluation With the “ClaCoS” Battery

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ID15516339
AuthorsShasha Morel‐Kohlmeyer (0000-0002-5441-2516, Inserm, corresponding author), Shasha Morel-Kohlmeyer, Alix Thillay (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours), Sylvie Roux (Université de Tours), Isabelle Amado (Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris), Lindsay Brénugat (Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne), Isabelle Carteau‐Martin (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Isabelle Carteau-Martin, Charlotte Danset-Alexandre (0000-0002-7015-7850, Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris), Baptiste Gaudelus (Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris), Jérôme Graux (0000-0002-6715-3154, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours), Élodie Peyroux (0000-0002-7434-6173, Centre Orthopédique Santy), Zelda Prost (Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier), Marie-Odile Krebs, Marie‐Odile Krebs (0000-0002-4715-9890, Inserm), Nicolás Franck (0000-0002-2894-5108, Lyon 1 Université), Frédérique Bonnet-Brilhault, Frédérique Bonnet‐Brilhault (0000-0003-4763-9066, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Emmanuelle Houy‐Durand (0000-0001-8234-7144, Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris), Emmanuelle Houy-Durand
Year2021
Volume12
Pages643551-643551
Publication date2021-08-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2021.643551
PMID34512407
OpenAlexW3198219233
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited91

Background: Deficit in social communication is a core feature in Autism Spectrum Disorder but remains poorly assessed in classical clinical practice, especially in adult populations. This gap between needs and practice is partly due to a lack of standardized evaluation tools. The multicentric Research group in psychiatry GDR3557 (Institut de Psychiatrie) developed a new battery for social cognitive evaluation named "ClaCoS," which allows testing the main components of social cognition: Emotion Recognition, Theory of Mind, Attributional Style, and Social Perception and Knowledge. It further provides an assessment of subjective complaints in social cognition. Methods: We compared the social cognition abilities of 45 adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder without intellectual disability and 45 neurotypically developed volunteers using the "ClaCoS" battery, in order to determine its relevance in the evaluation of social cognition impairments in autism. A correlational approach allowed us to test the links between subjective complaints and objectively measured impairments for the different components of social cognition. Results: As expected, the Autism Spectrum Disorder group showed deficits in all four components of social cognition. Moreover, they reported greater subjective complaints than controls regarding their social abilities, correlated to the neuropsychological assessments. Conclusion: The "ClaCoS" battery is an interesting tool allowing to assess social impairments in autism and to specify the altered components, for a better adjustment of tailored social cognition training programs. Our results further suggest that people with Autism Spectrum Disorder have a good social cognitive insight, i.e., awareness into social cognitive functioning, and may thus benefit from social cognitive training tools

Autism · Autism spectrum disorder · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Neuropsychology · Psychiatry · Social cognition · Social cognitive theory · Theory of mind · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Clinical Psychology · Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology

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