The broad autism phenotype predicts child functioning in autism spectrum disorders. [PDF]
Broad autism phenotype (BAP) is a milder expression of the social and communication impairments seen in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). While prior studies characterized the BAP in unaffected family members of probands with ASD, the relationship between parental BAP traits and proband symptomatology remains poorly understood.
Maxwell CR +4 more
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An investigation of a novel broad autism phenotype: increased facial masculinity among parents of children on the autism spectrum [PDF]
Andrew Whitehouse +2 more
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Measuring Social Camouflaging in Individuals with High Functioning Autism: A Literature Review
In the recent years, growing attention has been paid to the use of camouflaging strategies by adult populations suffering from autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with milder manifestations and without intellectual impairment, which may lead to a delay in ...
Ivan Mirko Cremone +6 more
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Broader Autism Phenotype and Communication Skills in Parents of Children with Autism
Introduction: This study aimed to determine the communication profile of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and parents of typically developing children (TDC).
Sepideh Yousefvand +4 more
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Interactions of genetic risks for autism and the broad autism phenotypes
BackgroundCommon polygenic risk and de novo variants (DNVs) capture a small proportion of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) liability, and ASD phenotypic heterogeneity remains difficult to explain. Integrating multiple genetic factors contribute to clarifying the risk and clinical presentation of ASD.MethodsIn our study, we investigated the individual and
Lijie Dong +16 more
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Sex Differences in the Broad Autism Phenotype: Insights from the Australian Biobank. [PDF]
Examining sub-threshold autistic traits in non-autistic first-degree relatives of individuals on the autism spectrum, known as the Broad Autism Phenotype (BAP), could provide new insights into the associations and familial aggregation of autistic traits.
Di Mento B +6 more
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Construction and psychometric evaluation of a short form of the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire [PDF]
Broad Autism Phenotype (BAP) represents a group of personality traits expressed in limitations in social relations and pragmatic speech dimension, and rigid behavior.
Stojković Irena +3 more
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Background Features of autism spectrum conditions (ASC) are normally distributed within the population, giving rise to the notion of the autism spectrum. One of the hallmark features of ASC is difficulties in social communication, which relies heavily on
Ido Shalev, Florina Uzefovsky
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Slower Peak Pupillary Response to Emotional Faces in Parents of Autistic Individuals
BackgroundAtypical autonomic arousal has been consistently documented in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is thought to contribute to the social-communication phenotype of ASD. Some evidence suggests that clinically unaffected first-degree relatives of
Abigail L. Hogan +3 more
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Defining the broader, medium and narrow autism phenotype among parents using the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ). [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) is a self-report questionnaire for quantifying autistic traits. This study tests whether the AQ can differentiate between parents of children with an autism spectrum condition (ASC) and control parents.
Sally Wheelwright +11 more
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