ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2019
Enter the Wild: Autistic Traits and Their Relationship to Mentalizing and Social Interaction in Everyday Life.
Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Caught in the Web of the Net? Part I: Meta-analyses of Problematic Internet Use and Social Media Use in (Young) People with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- The Network Model of Mentalization, Social Vulnerability, and the Self in Autism: A Comparison With Neurotypical Adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Article
- Participatory Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Introspective Predictive Processing Inventory: A Self-Report Measure for Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Every individual makes a difference: A trinity derived from linking individual brain morphometry, connectivity and mentalising ability.Human brain mapping · 2023Article
- Capturing the Dynamics of the Social Environment Through Experience Sampling Methods, Passive Sensing, and Egocentric Networks: Scoping Review.JMIR mental health · 2023Article
- The Relationships Among Autism Spectrum Disorder Traits, Loneliness, and Social Networking Service Use in College Students.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Article
- Predicting personality from patterns of behavior collected with smartphones.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
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Abstract
Theories derived from lab-based research emphasize the importance of mentalizing for social interaction and propose a link between mentalizing, autistic traits, and social behavior. We tested these assumptions in everyday life. Via smartphone-based experience sampling and logging of smartphone usage behavior we quantified mentalizing and social interaction in our participants' natural environment. Mentalizing occurred less frequently than reasoning about actions and participants preferred to mentalize when alone. Autistic traits were negatively correlated with communication via smartphone. Yet, they were not associated with social media usage, a more indirect way of getting in touch with others. Our findings critically inform recent theories on social cognition, social behavior, and the role of autistic traits in these phenomena.
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