Autistic traits and adult attachment styles

Gallitto, Elena; Leth‐Steensen, Craig

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.01.032

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“…Future work should continue to extend the relationship of ASD with personality beyond Big Five traits. For example, there is existing literature mapping childhood temperament to ASD (Barger et al, 2014, 2016; De Pauw et al, 2011) and ASD has recently been associated with attachment styles (Gallitto and Leth-Steensen, 2015), emotion regulation (Mazefsky et al, 2013; Weiss et al, 2014), alexithymia (Liss et al, 2008), identity status (Ratner and Berman, 2015), self-concept clarity (Berna et al, 2016; Rodgers et al, 2018), self-esteem (Cooper et al, 2017; Rodgers et al, 2018), values (Kirchner et al, 2016), and autobiographical memory (Crane and Goddard, 2007; Millward et al, 2000). Continued research on personality and ASD can elucidate the extent to which these constructs overlap with and/or are incremental to Big Five traits in ASD samples.…”

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“…Two general classes of studies examine personality traits and their relation to ASD. Some studies have examined the correlations between Big Five personality traits and continuous measures of ASD symptoms either within diagnosed individuals or in the general population (Austin, 2005; Gallitto and Leth-Steensen, 2015; Kanai et al, 2011; Ratner and Burrow, 2017; Rodgers et al, 2018; Schriber et al, 2014; Wainer et al, 2011; Wakabayashi et al, 2006). Other studies have documented mean-level differences in personality traits by comparing individuals clinically diagnosed with ASD to “typically developing” or “neurotypical” individuals without the disorder (De Pauw et al, 2011; Fortenberry et al, 2011; Hesselmark et al, 2015; Schriber et al, 2014; Strunz et al, 2015; Suh et al, 2016).…”

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Meta-analysis of Big Five personality traits in autism spectrum disorder

Lodi‐Smith

Rodgers

Cunningham

et al. 2018

Autism

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The present meta-analysis synthesizes the emerging literature on the relationship of Big Five personality traits to autism spectrum disorder. Studies were included if they (1) either (a) measured autism spectrum disorder characteristics using a metric that yielded a single score quantification of the magnitude of autism spectrum disorder characteristics and/or (b) studied individuals with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis compared to individuals without an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis and (2) measured Big Five traits in the same sample or samples. Fourteen reviewed studies include both correlational analyses and group comparisons. Eighteen effect sizes per Big Five trait were used to calculate two overall effect sizes per trait. Meta-analytic effects were calculated using random effects models. Twelve effects (per trait) from nine studies reporting correlations yielded a negative association between each Big Five personality trait and autism spectrum disorder characteristics (Fisher's z ranged from -.21 (conscientiousness) to -.50 (extraversion)). Six group contrasts (per trait) from six studies comparing individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to neurotypical individuals were also substantial (Hedges' g ranged from -.88 (conscientiousness) to -1.42 (extraversion)). The potential impact of personality on important life outcomes and new directions for future research on personality in autism spectrum disorder are discussed in light of results.

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Meta-analysis of Big Five personality traits in autism spectrum disorder

Lodi‐Smith

Rodgers

Cunningham

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Autism

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“…When the related literature is examined, it is observed that the attachment styles are discussed as an important regulator of an individual's behaviors (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007). For this reason, in studies made, it is eye-catching that many psychological constructs such as depression (Lee & Koo, 2015), anxiety (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007), autism (Gallitto & Leth-Steensen, 2015), eating disorders (Pepping, O'Donnovan, Zimmer-Gembeck, & Hanisch, 2015), problematic internet use (Debernardi, 2012;Odacı & Çıkrıkçı, 2014), antisocial behaviors (Oshri, Sutton, Clay-Warner, & Miller, 2015) and burnout (Leiter, Day, & Price, 2015) are discused as a function of individual differences in the attachment styles. In this context, Hart, Nailling, Bizer and Collins (2015) state that the attachment styles can be discussed as one of the individual factors accounting for individuals' cognitive, emotional and motivations based on their behaviors in social networking sites.…”

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Interrelationship between Attachment Styles and Facebook Addiction

Eroğlu

2015

Journal of Education and Training Studies

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Social networking sites have started to become one of the most frequently used online communication types in the world. It is reported that one of the commonly used social networking sites is Facebook. Since Facebook use is new yet, it can be stated that researches on the Facebook addiction are at the beginning level. For this reason, determining factors leading to the Facebook addiction has gained importance. In this context, in this study, relationships between attachment styles and the Facebook addiction were examined. The participants of the study were 322 university students [145 (45%) male, 177 (55%) female, M age =20.61 years, SD=1.82]. In the study, the Personal Information Form, the Relationship Scales Questionnaire and the Facebook Addiction Scale were administered. The relationships between attachment styles and the Facebook addiction were calculated via using the Pearson correlation analysis. The Pearson correlation analysis results indicated that the Facebook addiction was negatively related with the secure and dismissing attachment style and positively related with the preoccupied attachment style. No relationship was found between the fearful attachment style and the Facebook addiction. If the attachment styles predicted the Facebook addiction was examined via using the stepwise regression analysis. The research findings indicated that the secure and dismissing attachment style negatively predicted and the preoccupied attachment style positively predicted the Facebook addiction. However, it was determined that the fearful attachment style did not predict Facebook addiction. The research findings were discussed under the light of related literature.

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“…There are good reasons to assume that attachment styles may be affected by autistic characteristics (Gallitto & Leth-Steensen, 2015;Pisula, 2004;Van Ijzendoorn et al, 2007). Among the main characteristics of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are deficits in social communication, including problems in establishing social relationships: initiating and maintaining reciprocal interaction and communication with others, accompanied by a restricted range of repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, and activities (APA, 2013).…”

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Exploratory Analysis of the Links among Life History, Reproductive Strategy, Autism-Spectrum Quotient, and Quality of Life

Pisula¹,

Łukasik²,

Kawa³

et al. 2018

PSYCH

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The present study explores the links among life history, reproductive strategy, autism-spectrum quotient, and quality of life. Our 235 participants (167 women and 68 men, aged 19-54) filled four instruments: Life History Survey (LHSurv), MINI-K, Autism-spectrum Quotient (AQ), and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). A cluster analysis was carried out in which the respondents' answers to particular LHSurv items were used as variables in the clustering process. The next step in the analysis was to compare the delineated clusters with regard to three variables which were not included in cluster formation: the reproductive strategy (general Mini-K score), intensity of autistic traits (total AQ score) and life satisfaction level (general SWLS score). It was found that clusters formed on the basis of LHSurv results differ also in MINI-K, AQ and SWLS scores. The results show a link between such variables as reproductive strategy, autistic traits and quality of life. It seems that individuals who are raised with more financial and emotional support (including physical touch, from both parents and grandparents) end up with a slower life-history strategy, and more satisfied with their lives. These links are also reflected by individual life history, as revealed by the LHSurv instrument.

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Autistic traits and adult attachment styles

Cited by 19 publications

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Meta-analysis of Big Five personality traits in autism spectrum disorder

Meta-analysis of Big Five personality traits in autism spectrum disorder

Interrelationship between Attachment Styles and Facebook Addiction

Exploratory Analysis of the Links among Life History, Reproductive Strategy, Autism-Spectrum Quotient, and Quality of Life

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