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Conscious and Non-conscious Representations of Emotional Faces in Asperger's Syndrome
Published on: July 31, 2016
Brief report: Insight into illness and social attributional style in Asperger's syndrome
Nyaz Didehbani1, Mujeeb U Shad, Michelle R Kandalaft
1Center for BrainHealth®, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2200 W Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235, USA. nyaz.didehbani@UTDallas.edu
Abstract:
A number of psychiatric illnesses have been recognized to have some level of insight deficits, including developmental disorders, such as Asperger's Syndrome (ASP). However insight into illness has not been empirically investigated in ASP and little research has examined how individuals with ASP view their deficits. This is the first study to assess insight and the relationship between insight and externalizing bias (EB) in ASP. Participants with ASP (n = 21) and healthy controls (n = 24) were recruited. Attributional style was assessed with the internal, personal, and situational attribution questionnaire. Insight was assessed with both a clinician-administered and a self-administered measure. Results revealed that EB was negatively correlated with insight as assessed with the clinician-administered but not the self-administered measure of insight.
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