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Adolescent-Specific Motivation Deficits in Autism versus Typical Development
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Bos, Dienke J.; Silver, Benjamin M.; Barnes, Emily D.; Ajodan, Eliana L.; Silverman, Melanie R.; Clark-Whitney, Elysha; Tarpey, Thaddeus; Jones, Rebecca M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Differences in motivation during adolescence relative to childhood and adulthood in autism was tested in a cross-sectional study. 156 Typically developing individuals and 79 individuals with autism ages 10-30 years of age completed a go/nogo task with social and non-social cues. To assess age effects, linear and quadratic models were used.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Comparative Analysis
Differences in Anxieties and Social Networks in a Group-Matched Sample of Autistic and Typically Developing Students Transitioning to University
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Lei, Jiedi; Ashwin, Chris; Brosnan, Mark; Russell, Ailsa – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Transitioning to university can be anxiety-provoking for all students. The relationship between social anxiety, autistic traits and students' social network structure, and perceived support is poorly understood. This study used a group-matched design where autistic students (n = 28) and typically developing students (n = 28) were matched on sex,…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Universities
Cautiousness and Verbal Learning in Adulthood
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Okun, Morris A.; And Others – Journal of Gerontology, 1978
Young (N=22) (age 17-21) and 22 old (age 60-74) men and women participated in an investigation designed to determine how differences in omission errors and performance in a serial learning task are accounted for by cautiousness. Cautiousness measures accounted for age differences in omission errors but not in performance. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Tasks
Identity Constancy: A Cognitive Developmental Analysis of Children's Understanding of Family Identity and Divorce.
Brumberger, L. Sheldon; Wynn, Ruth L. – 1987
A total of 100 children from divorced and separated families were compared with 100 children from intact families in this investigation of ways in which children handle the concepts of family membership and relationships. Children were given two social and two physical tasks: a family identity task; Piaget's interview for determining the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
The Relationship of the Self Concepts of Indian Adolescents to Certain Personal and Social Variables.
Frey, Sherman – 1980
A Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents based on Havighurst's Developmental Tasks for Youth was constructed to reflect adolescents' perceptions of their ability to achieve these tasks in relation to personal abilities, the abilities of others, and the criteria for successful task completion. A validity and reliability study showed the scale to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, American Indians, Comparative Analysis
A Comparison of the Effects of Certain Personal and Social Variables on Caucasian and Indian Adolescents' Perceptions of Their Ability to Achieve Havighurst's Developmental Tasks.
Frey, Sherman – 1980
A Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents based on Havighurst's Developmental Tasks for Youth was constructed to reflect adolescents' perceptions of their ability to achieve these tasks in relation to personal abilities, the abilities of others, and the criteria for successful task completion. A validity and reliability study showed the scale to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, American Indians, Comparative Analysis