Autism spectrum traits predict higher social psychological skill.
autism
autism traits
person perception
social cognition
social psychological skill
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
ISSN: 1091-6490
Titre abrégé: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7505876
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
24 09 2019
24 09 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
11
9
2019
medline:
3
4
2020
entrez:
11
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Social-cognitive skills can take different forms, from accurately predicting individuals' intentions, emotions, and thoughts (person perception or folk psychology) to accurately predicting social phenomena more generally. Past research has linked autism spectrum (AS) traits to person perception deficits in the general population. We tested whether AS traits also predict poor accuracy in terms of predicting generalized social phenomena, assessed via participants' accuracy at predicting social psychological phenomena (e.g., social loafing, social projection, group think). We found the opposite. In a sample of ∼6,500 participants in 104 countries, AS traits predicted slightly higher social psychological skill. A second study with 400 participants suggested that heightened systemizing underlies this relationship. Our results indicate that AS traits relate positively to a form of social cognitive skill-predicting social psychological phenomena-and highlight the importance of distinguishing between divergent types of social cognition.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31501348
pii: 1911460116
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1911460116
pmc: PMC6765248
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
19245-19247Subventions
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR001863
Pays : United States
Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 the Author(s). Published by PNAS.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Références
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2003 Feb 28;358(1430):361-74
pubmed: 12639333
Psychol Assess. 2016 Jun;28(6):673-83
pubmed: 26302097
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 May 27;364(1522):1377-83
pubmed: 19528020
Brain Res. 2006 Mar 24;1079(1):47-56
pubmed: 16473340
Science. 2009 Aug 14;325(5942):883-5
pubmed: 19608858
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1994 Oct;67(4):596-610
pubmed: 7965607
J Autism Dev Disord. 2007 Nov;37(10):1858-68
pubmed: 17195104
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2003 May;60(5):524-30
pubmed: 12742874
Autism Res. 2013 Dec;6(6):614-20
pubmed: 23939872
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Feb;51(2):202-212.e7
pubmed: 22265366
Autism. 2013 Nov;17(6):668-80
pubmed: 22987888
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2001 Feb;42(2):241-51
pubmed: 11280420
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Sep 24;116(39):19245-19247
pubmed: 31501348
Nebr Symp Motiv. 1990;38:199-235
pubmed: 2130257
J Autism Dev Disord. 2007 Nov;37(10):1823-32
pubmed: 17180457