ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2017
Theory of mind predicts severity level in autism.
Article in Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It reports registered trial NCT02098395. Cited by 17 papers.
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Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Qualitative Differences in Attribution of Mental States to Other People in Autism and Schizophrenia: What are the Tools for Differential Diagnosis?Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Editorial: Theory of mind in relation to other cognitive abilities.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Adults with autism spectrum disorder show atypical patterns of thoughts and feelings during rest.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2021Article
- Subgroups of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder without Intellectual Disability: A Longitudinal Examination of Executive and Socio-Adaptive Behaviors in Adolescence.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Theory of Mind Profiles in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Adaptive/Social Skills and Pragmatic Competence.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Impaired empathy but no theory of mind deficits in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Brain and behavior · 2019Article
- Childhood Executive Function Predicts Later Autistic Features and Adaptive Behavior in Young Autistic People: a 12-Year Prospective Study.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2019Article
- Family-based association study of ZNF804A polymorphisms and autism in a Han Chinese population.BMC psychiatry · 2019Article
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- Psychiatric Symptoms in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Beyond a Motor Neuron Disorder.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Review
- Seeing More Than Human: Autism and Anthropomorphic Theory of Mind.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Review
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Abstract
We investigated whether theory of mind skills can indicate autism spectrum disorder severity. In all, 62 children with autism spectrum disorder completed a developmentally sensitive theory of mind battery. We used intelligence quotient, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.) diagnosis and level of support needed as indicators of severity level. Using hierarchical cluster analysis, we found three distinct clusters of theory of mind ability: early-developing theory of mind (Cluster 1), false-belief reasoning (Cluster 2) and sophisticated theory of mind understanding (Cluster 3). The clusters corresponded to severe, moderate and mild autism spectrum disorder. As an indicator of level of support needed, cluster grouping predicted the type of school children attended. All Cluster 1 children attended autism-specific schools; Cluster 2 was divided between autism-specific and special needs schools and nearly all Cluster 3 children attended general special needs and mainstream schools. Assessing theory of mind skills can reliably discriminate severity levels within autism spectrum disorder.
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