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- Title
Investigation of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Autistic Traits in an Adolescent Sample with Anorexia Nervosa.
- Authors
Postorino, Valentina; Scahill, Lawrence; Peppo, Lavinia; Fatta, Laura; Zanna, Valeria; Castiglioni, Maria; Gillespie, Scott; Vicari, Stefano; Mazzone, Luigi
- Abstract
This study aimed to examine the presence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in a sample of female adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) during the acute phase of illness. We also compare the level of autistic traits, social perception skills and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in four groups: AN, ASD, and two gender- and age-matched control groups. Of the 30 AN participants, only three scored above the conventional ADOS-2 threshold for ASD. The AN participants were similar to their controls on autistic trait measures, and to the ASD group on obsessive-compulsive measures, and on theory of mind ability and affect recognition measures. Further longitudinal studies are needed in order to determine the association between these conditions.
- Subjects
ITALY; ANALYSIS of variance; ANOREXIA nervosa; AUTISM; SOCIAL skills; PHENOTYPES; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2017, Vol 47, Issue 4, p1051
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-016-3023-y