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Jonathan Lassen; Bob Oranje; Martin Vestergaard; Malene Foldager; Troels W. Kjaer; Bodil Aggernaes; Sidse Arnfred – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Compared to their neurotypically developing peers, children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders tend to have attenuated neural responses in the parietal lobe when attending sensory input, as reflected by a reduced P3b amplitude measured with electroencephalography. However, it is unknown whether a reduced P3b amplitude in autistic…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cognitive Processes, Executive Function, Interpersonal Competence
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Cara E. Pugliese; Rebecca Handsman; Xiaozhen You; Laura Gutermuth Anthony; Chandan Vaidya; Lauren Kenworthy – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, aggression, and inattention are common in autistic youth and are challenging to treat by community providers. We aim to parse the heterogeneity of autism based on dimensions of executive function and determine whether specific executive function profiles are differentially related to…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Executive Function, Mental Disorders, Children
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Stabile, Mackenzie; Eigsti, Inge-Marie – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Typical speakers tend to adopt words used by their conversational partners. This "lexical alignment" enhances communication by reducing ambiguity and promoting a shared understanding of the topic under discussion. Lexical alignment has been little studied to date in autism spectrum disorder (ASD); furthermore, it has been…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Adolescents
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Elise Ng-Cordell; Hannah Pickard; Rachael Bedford; Annie Richard; Anat Zaidman-Zait; Lonnie Zwaigenbaum; Eric Duku; Teresa Bennett; Stelios Georgiades; Isabel M. Smith; Tracy Vaillancourt; Peter Szatmari; Mayada Elsabbagh; Connor M. Kerns – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Anxiety has been associated with social communication and interaction differences among autistic children. We sought to clarify the direction of these associations longitudinally, and test executive function as a moderator. Participants were autistic children (N = 157; 15% female, 85% male) engaged in a longitudinal study. Analyses focused on two…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety, Preadolescents, Interpersonal Communication
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Jung-Chi Chang; Meng-Chuan Lai; Shu-Sen Chang; Susan Shur-Fen Gau – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to have suicidal thoughts and behaviors. However, little research delineates the temporal and mechanistic associations between potential risk factors and suicidality in autistic individuals. We assessed 129 autistic and 121 age-matched and sex-assigned-at-birth-matched…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Suicide, Children
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Hernández Finch, Maria E.; Trammell, Beth; Hulse, Asia R.; Finch, William H.; Wildrick, Aimee; Floyd, Elizabeth F.; Pittenger, Jenna; McIntosh, David E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Understanding the relationship between executive functioning and its connection to working memory and adaptive functioning can inform planning and employment efforts. This study explored the relationship between memory and adaptive functioning with a sample of Autistic youths/young adults. Participant mean age was 21.3 (SD = 3.0). Of the 22…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Short Term Memory, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adolescents
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Tschida, Jessica E.; Yerys, Benjamin E. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Executive function challenges are commonly reported in the home setting for children with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis (hereafter, autism), but little is known about these challenges in the school setting. A total of 337 youth (autism, N = 241 and typically developing, N = 96) were assessed using Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Students with Disabilities, Age Differences, Behavior Problems
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Reed, Phil – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
This study examined whether set-shifting ability for children with autism spectrum disorder without intellectual disability would be affected differentially by verbal or nonverbal feedback as the outcome of previous research tentatively suggests that verbal feedback may lead to slower set-shifting. Overall, 56 children participated (42 male; 14…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Verbal Communication, Feedback (Response), Nonverbal Communication
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Kenworthy, Lauren; Verbalis, Alyssa; Bascom, Julia; daVanport, Sharon; Strang, John F.; Pugliese, Cara; Freeman, Andrew; Jeppsen, Charlotte; Armour, Anna C.; Jost, Geneva; Hardy, Kristina; Wallace, Gregory L. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Executive functions are related to key outcomes. Studies of autistic youth self-report of other nonsocial traits indicate that their insights into their own functioning and internal experiences provide important information that is not captured by their parents' report, but youth self-report of executive function has not been researched in autism.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Executive Function, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Haghighatfard, Arvin; Yaghoubi asl, Elham; Bahadori, Rosita Azar; Aliabadian, Rojina; Farhadi, Mahdi; Mohammadpour, Fatemeh; Tabrizi, Zeinab – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2022
Background and aims: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by language impairment, and challenges with social interaction, communication, and repetitive behaviors. Although genetics are a primary cause of ASD, the exact genes and molecular mechanisms involved in its pathogenesis are not completely clear. The…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Executive Function, Genetic Disorders, Genetics
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Kenworthy, Lauren; Childress, Deb; Armour, Anna Chelsea; Verbalis, Alyssa; Zhang, Anqing; Troxel, Mary; Handsman, Rebecca; Kocher, Kelly; Myrick, Yetta; Werner, Monica; Alexander, Katie C.; Cannon, Lynn; Anthony, Laura G. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
This randomized trial compared the first online parent training program for an evidence-supported executive function intervention for autism to in-person parent training with the same dose and content. Parents of autistic children (8-12 years-old; Full Scale IQ above 70) were randomized to in-person (n = 51) or online (n = 46) training. Training…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parent Education, Educational Technology, Online Courses
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Godfrey, Kate J.; Espenhahn, Svenja; Stokoe, Mehak; McMorris, Carly; Murias, Kara; McCrimmon, Adam; Harris, Ashley D.; Bray, Signe – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Several theories have been proposed to explain the presentation of intense interests in autism, including theories based on altered executive functioning, imbalanced reward sensitivity, and mitigating anxiety. These theories have yet to be examined in early childhood, yet knowledge of how intense interests emerge could provide insight into how…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Young Children, Attention, Inhibition
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Faja, Susan; Nelson Darling, Laura – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Symptoms of restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests in autism are theoretically linked to executive functioning, which includes problem-solving abilities such as inhibition and cognitive flexibility. This study examined whether inhibition and flexibility are related to higher order restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests (e.g.…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interests
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Woolard, Alix; Stratton, Elizabeth; Demetriou, Eleni A.; Boulton, Kelsie A.; Pellicano, Elizabeth; Glozier, Nick; Gibbs, Vicki; Rogerson, Nicole; Quinn, Philippa; Hickie, Ian B.; Guastella, Adam J. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Autistic adults report concerns with social skills and unemployment. Despite anxiety and difficulty with executive cognitive skills being associated with autism, no studies to date have investigated relationships between anxiety or executive cognition with social and work functioning. This study aimed to investigate the associations between…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults, Anxiety
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Faja, Susan; Clarkson, Tessa; Gilbert, Rachel; Vaidyanathan, Akshita; Greco, Gabriella; Rueda, M. Rosario; Combita, Lina M.; Driscoll, Kate – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
This randomized, controlled study examined the initial efficacy of an executive function training program for children with autism spectrum disorder. Seventy 7- to 11 year-olds with autism spectrum disorder and intelligence quotients [greater than or equal to]80 were randomly assigned to receive a web-based set of executive function training games…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Executive Function, Training
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