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Direct linkElise 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
Cascia, JoAnne; Barr, Jason J. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been characterized as having deficits in social communication and empathy which present difficulties in the areas of social reciprocity, sharing of emotions and developing and maintaining relationships. This study explores the associations between vocabulary, executive function…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Surveys, Adolescents
Matthews, Danielle; Biney, Hannah; Abbot-Smith, Kirsten – Language Learning and Development, 2018
Children vary in their ability to use language in social contexts and this has important consequences for wellbeing. We review studies that test whether individual differences in pragmatic skill are associated with formal language ability, mentalizing, and executive functions in both typical and atypical development. The strongest and most…
Descriptors: Children, Individual Differences, Language Usage, Executive Function
