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Area of Science:

  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) share overlapping diagnostic features.
  • Individuals with one disorder have a higher likelihood of meeting diagnostic criteria for the other compared to the general population.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the predictive relationship between autistic traits and specific obsessive-compulsive symptom subtypes.
  • To control for demographic and clinical variables in assessing this relationship.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized linear regression analysis on data from 460 university students and family members.
  • Assessed autistic traits using the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) and obsessive-compulsive symptoms with the Vancouver Obsessional Compulsive Inventory (VOCI).
  • Controlled for age, sex, depression (Beck Depression Inventory - BDI), anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory - BAI), and history of childhood upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs).

Main Results:

  • The AQ attention-switching score significantly predicted hoarding, just-right, indecisiveness, and total VOCI scores.
  • Other AQ subscale scores did not show significant associations with VOCI scores.
  • Age, BDI, BAI scores, and a history of frequent childhood URTIs were also significantly associated with various VOCI scores.

Conclusions:

  • Attention-switching deficits observed in individuals with ASD may be a shared feature with a specific subgroup of individuals with OCD.
  • This finding highlights a potential shared neurobiological or cognitive pathway between ASD and OCD.
  • Further research into attention-switching deficits is recommended to understand the relationship between ASD and OCD.