In:
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 52, No. 6 ( 2022-06), p. 2794-2800
Abstract:
Social impairments are a core feature of autism-spectrum disorders. However, there is a considerable variability in these impairments. Most autistic individuals show large impairments in social functioning but some autistic individuals show small impairments in social functioning. The variability of these impairments has been attributed to the presence or absence of alexithymia. To address this issue, we capitalized on the fact that alexithymic and autistic traits are broadly distributed in the population. This allowed us to investigate how alexithymic and autistic traits affect social functioning in healthy individuals. Healthy individuals showed impairments on a resource-allocation task that were due to alexithymic but not autistic traits. These findings suggest that alexithymic rather than autistic traits impair prosocial behavior across the autism-spectrum.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0162-3257
,
1573-3432
DOI:
10.1007/s10803-021-05154-x
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2016724-6
SSG:
5,2
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