ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2023
Autism Traits and Cognitive Performance: Mediating Roles of Sleep Disturbance, Anxiety and Depression.
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- From risk to resilience: a narrative overview of modifiable factors influencing anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder (part II).Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
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- Assessing the Relationship Between Teacher Inclusive Beliefs, Behaviors, and Competences of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- The relationship between cognitive impairment and quality of life in rural older adults with chronic diseases-parallel mediating effects of depressive symptoms and frailty.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Circuit mechanism underlying fragmented sleep and memory deficits in 16p11.2 deletion mouse model of autism.iScience · 2024Article
- The relationship between autistic traits and problematic smartphone use in adolescents: The serial mediating role of anxiety and executive dysfunction.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Salivary IL-1 Beta Level Associated with Poor Sleep Quality in Children/Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Pediatric reports · 2024Article
- Circuit mechanism underlying fragmented sleep and memory deficits in 16p11.2 deletion mouse model of autism.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Circuit mechanism underlying fragmented sleep and memory deficits in 16p11.2 deletion mouse model of autism.Research square · 2024Article
- Social support and sleep quality in people with schizophrenia living in the community: the mediating roles of anxiety and depression symptoms.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Associations between Sleep, Depression, and Cognitive Performance in Adolescence.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Article
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Abstract
Theories about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have addressed cognitive deficits however few have examined how comorbid diagnoses, including sleep disturbance, anxiety and depression contribute to the underlying deficits. We investigated potential mediations of common ASD comorbidities in the relationship between sub-clinical autism traits and cognitive performance using an international community sample. Cognitive tasks assessed working memory [executive functioning (EF) theory], mental state attribution [theory of mind (ToM)], and global/local visual processing [weak central coherence (WCC) theory]. Structural equation modelling (SEM) demonstrated sleep disturbance and anxiety mediated the relationship of autism traits on measures of EF, but not WCC and ToM. This suggests that treating the symptoms of sleep disturbance and anxiety may lead to improvements in working memory.
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