ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2021
Brief Report: Social Anxiety in Autism Spectrum Disorder is Based on Deficits in Social Competence.
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- Associations Between Communication Skills and Social Anxiety in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2026Pooled it
- Understanding Mechanisms that Maintain Social Anxiety Disorder in Autistic Individuals Through the Clark and Wells (1995) Model and Beyond: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Factor Analysis of the Autism Spectrum Rating Scales Parent Report 6-18 in a Complex Community Sample.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- The impact of autism on the relations between social anxiety, camouflaging, and depression in Taiwanese adolescents.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- A novel screening instrument for the assessment of autism in German language: validation of the German version of the RAADS-R, the RADS-R.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- Characterizing the Relationship Among the Social Competence Elements in Autistic Adolescents.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- It is More Anxiousness than Role-playing: Social Camouflaging Conceptualization Among Adults on the Autism Spectrum Compared to Persons with Social Anxiety Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- A critical hit: Dungeons and Dragons as a buff for autistic people.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Examining the Effects of Theory of Mind and Social Skills Training on Social Competence in Adolescents with Autism.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- 'They ask no questions and pass no criticism': A mixed-methods study exploring pet ownership in autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Diagnostic Utility of the Gilliam Autism Rating Scales-3rd Edition Parent Report in Clinically Referred Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
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Abstract
This study differentially examined the relation between two clinical constructs: "social anxiety" and "social competence" in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Employing two questionnaires (SASKO; IU), individuals with ASD (n = 23) showed increased scores of SOCIAL ANXIETY (SASKO) and of INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY (IU), compared to a non-clinical comparison group (NC; n = 25). SOCIAL ANXIETY scores were equally increased for ASD and a reference population of individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD; n = 68). However, results showed increased SOCIAL COMPETENCE DEFICITS in ASD compared to SAD and NC groups. This study allows drawing the conclusion that social anxiety symptoms in ASD can be traced back to autism-specific deficits in social skills and are therefore putatively based on different, substantially "deeper" implemented cognitive mechanisms.
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