SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2024
Characteristics of restricted interests in girls with ASD compared to boys: a systematic review of the literature.
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- Repetitive Behaviors in Autism and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Special Interests in Autism: Functions, Benefits, and Challenges.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Sex/gender differences in autistic traits, intelligence and executive functions of school-aged autistic children without intellectual disability.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Autistic interests: wide-ranging and intellectually oriented.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Sex/gender differences in the level and variability of autistic traits: a meta-analysis of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient.Health psychology report · 2026Article
- Diagnostic challenges of autism spectrum disorder in women without intellectual or language impairments: a narrative review.Journal of medicine and life · 2025Review
- Systemic Uremic Toxin Burden in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Stratified Urinary Metabolite Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Differences and Relationships Between Sensory Profile and Repetitive Behavior in Autism.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Age-period-cohort analysis of autism spectrum disorders-related prevalence and DALYs: based on the Global Burden Of Disease Study 2021.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Categorizing and identifying preferred interests in autistic toddlers.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2024Article
- In vivo translocator protein in females with autism spectrum disorder: a pilot study.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Benefit or Problem: Exploration of How Response Options Affect Self-Reported Behaviors and Interests in Autistic Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Current virtual reality-based rehabilitation interventions in neuro-developmental disorders at developmental ages.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2024Review
- Measuring the Autistic Women's Experience (AWE).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Affectivity, sexuality, and autism spectrum disorder: qualitative analysis of the experiences of autistic young adults and their families.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Profiles of circumscribed interests in autistic youth.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
- The Autism Spectrum Disorder-Associated Bacterial MetaboliteInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- The Role of Gender and Strong Interests in Self-Reported Camouflaging of Autistic Adults.Neurodiversity (Thousand Oaks (Ventura County, Calif.))Article
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Abstract
The existence of a female phenotype profile in autistic spectrum disorder is one of the current hypotheses to explain the diagnostic discrepancy between men and women. In this context, an international literature review was carried out to evidence and describe the characteristics of restricted interests found in girls with autistic spectrum disorder. A documentary search was conducted on PubMed and a systematic literature review was carried out based on the PRISMA methodology. We selected studies with a population of boys and girls diagnosed as autistic according to the DSM-IV or the DSM-5, in which quantitative and descriptive comparisons of restricted interests, according to gender were carried out. Nineteen studies were found to be relevant. Fifteen enabled a refining of the characteristics of restricted interests among females: fewer restricted interests were identified in comparison with boys, and the autistic girls' interests seem to be closer to those of neurotypical girls than to those of autistic boys, which thus led to more complex screening. Age and Intelligence quotient seem to be two factors that trigger variations in restricted interests differently according to gender. Representations among professionals also have an impact on diagnoses among girls. For future research, one of the perspectives could be a comparison between girls with autism and neurotypical girls to limit gender bias. The present results contribute to potentially extending knowledge of a female phenotypical profile in autism and show the need to improve the general population's awareness, to improve health professionals' training and possibly to revise the diagnostic tools.
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