Alexithymia in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Its relationship to internalising difficulties, sensory modulation and social cognition

Milosavljevic, Bosiljka, Carter Leno, Virginia, Simonoff, Emily, Baird, Gillian, Pickles, Andrew, Jones, Catherine R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0541-0431, Erskine, Catherine, Charman, Tony and Happé, Francesca 2016. Alexithymia in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Its relationship to internalising difficulties, sensory modulation and social cognition. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 46 (4) , pp. 1354-1367. 10.1007/s10803-015-2670-8

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Abstract

Alexithymia is a personality trait frequently found in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and has been linked to impairments in emotion recognition and empathy. The presentation of alexithymia within ASD at younger ages remains unexplored, and was examined in the present study. Alexithymia rates were significantly elevated in ASD (55 %; 31/56 scoring above cut-off) versus non-ASD adolescents (16 %; 5/32 scoring above cut-off). Within individuals with ASD, alexithymia was associated with increased self-reported anxiety, parent-reported emotional difficulties, self-reported sensory processing atypicalities, and poorer emotion recognition, but was not associated with theory of mind ability. Overall, our results suggest that alexithymia is highly prevalent, and has selective cognitive correlates in young people with ASD.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
ISSN:	0162-3257
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 10:11
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/83959

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