SynthesisJournal of autism and developmental disorders2017
Planning Skills in Autism Spectrum Disorder Across the Lifespan: A Meta-analysis and Meta-regression.
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- Node Centrality Measures Identify Relevant Structural MRI Features of Subjects with Autism.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Attentional Cueing and Executive Deficits Revealed by a Virtual Supermarket Task Coupled With Eye-Tracking in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Behavioral and Neuropsychological Evaluation of Executive Functions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Gulf Region.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Verbal and Figural Creativity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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- Four Social Brain Regions, Their Dysfunctions, and Sequelae, Extensively Explain Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptomatology.Brain sciences · 2019Article
- Executive Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder: History, Theoretical Models, Empirical Findings, and Potential as an Endophenotype.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Review
- Improvement of Planning Skills in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder After an Educational Intervention: A Study From a Mixed Methods Approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are thought to encounter planning difficulties, but experimental research regarding the mastery of planning in ASD is inconsistent. By means of a meta-analysis of 50 planning studies with a combined sample size of 1755 individuals with and 1642 without ASD, we aim to determine whether planning difficulties do exist and which factors contribute to this. Planning problems were evident in individuals with ASD (Hedges'g = 0.52), even when taking publication bias into account (Hedges'g = 0.37). Neither age, nor task-type, nor IQ reduced the observed heterogeneity, suggesting that these were not crucial moderators within the current meta-analysis. However, while we showed that ASD individuals encounter planning difficulties, the bias towards publishing positive findings restricts strong conclusions regarding the role of potential moderators.
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