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ArticleBrain sciences2023

Relationships between Affect Recognition, Empathy, Alexithymia, and Co-Occurring Conditions in Autism.

Nandita Raman, Sofronia M Ringold, Aditya Jayashankar, Christiana D Butera, Emily Kilroy, Laura Harrison, Sharon A Cermak, Lisa Aziz-Zadeh

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Article in Brain sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nandita RamanDivision of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Sofronia M RingoldDivision of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Aditya JayashankarDivision of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9572-4655
Christiana D ButeraDivision of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Emily KilroyDivision of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8102-7701
Laura HarrisonDivision of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Sharon A CermakDivision of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8300-5450
Lisa Aziz-ZadehDivision of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3557-8083
University of Southern California · US

Funding

The neurobiological basis of heterogeneous social and motor deficits in ASDR01HD079432 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI AZIZ-ZADEH, LISA SARAH, DAPRETTO, MIRELLA · 2015 to 2019
$2.2M
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R01HD079432Idea Development Award AR170062NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD079432
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prior studies show differences in empathy and affect-recognition ability between those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) individuals. Autistic individuals also exhibit increased behavioral, gastrointestinal, and sleep issues. In the current study, we explored the differences in empathy and affect recognition between the ASD and TD groups; and we investigated their associations with conditions co-occurring in ASD. A total of 54 TD and 56 ASD children (8-17 years) were included. As compared to the TD group, the ASD group showed lower scores for affect recognition and perspective taking (PT) and higher scores for personal distress (PD). Interestingly, results from hierarchical linear regressions suggested that disparities in the PD and PT between the groups were primarily attributable to attenuated levels of alexithymia, rather than being mediated by the presence of an autism diagnosis. Differences in affect-recognition ability, however, were mediated by both an autism diagnosis and alexithymia. We also found significant correlations between empathy and affect recognition and measures of related conditions common in ASD. Alexithymia, hence, contributes to difficulties in empathy while both alexithymia and autism are associated with affect-recognition ability in ASD. Additionally, the association between affect recognition and empathic ability with co-occurring conditions in ASD needs to be considered during assessments and interventions.

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affect recognitionalexithymiaanxietyautismempathygastrointestinal issuessleep

Identifiers

PMID37626517
PMCPMC10452701
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