Evaluation of the factor structure of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient

Kloosterman, Patricia H.; Keefer, Kateryna V.; Kelley, Elizabeth; Summerfeldt, Laura J.; Parker, James D. A.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2010.10.015

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“…Previous studies have also indicated that internal consistency of the attention to detail subscale was around .60 (Baron-Cohen et al 2001;Wakabayashi et al 2004;Hoekstra et al 2008), although test-retest reliability of this subscale over 1-6 months was within the acceptable range (r = .71; Hoekstra et al 2008). Many previous studies that conducted exploratory or confirmatory factor analyses have extracted a factor corresponding to attention to detail (Austin 2005;Hurst et al 2007;Stewart and Austin 2009;Kloosterman et al 2011; except for Lau et al 2013), indicating that attention to detail is an important dimension of autistic traits. It is suggested that future studies should reconstruct the item composition of this subscale and improve its internal consistency to examine whether the attention to detail component of autistic traits is really related to rumination and depression.…”

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confidence: 96%

How Autistic Traits, Inattention and Hyperactivity-Impulsivity Symptoms Influence Depression in Nonclinical Undergraduate Students? Mediating Role of Depressive Rumination

Horibe

Hasegawa

2018

Curr Psychol

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A few studies have indicated that adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are more inclined to ruminate than adults in the general population. The present study examined whether subclinical ASD symptoms including difficulties in social interaction and attention to detail and ADHD symptoms that were composed of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity were related to depressive rumination in undergraduate students. This study also examined whether rumination is a mediating factor in the relationship of ASD and ADHD symptoms with depression. Nonclinical undergraduate students (N = 294) in Japan completed the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, interpersonal conflict subscale of the Interpersonal Stress Event Scale, Ruminative Responses Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition. Structural equation modeling indicated that hyperactivity-impulsivity was positively associated with rumination both directly and indirectly via interpersonal conflict, and that attention to detail and inattention were directly and positively related to rumination. The significant relationship between difficulties in social interaction and rumination disappeared after controlling for the influence of depression. These findings indicated that one pathway through which hyperactivityimpulsivity symptoms prolong rumination might be through the increase in interpersonal conflict. In addition, it is possible that cognitive inflexibility, academic difficulties, and adverse driving outcomes caused by attention to detail, inattention as well as hyperactivity-impulsivity may lead to rumination. Moreover, attention to detail, inattention, and hyperactivity-impulsivity indirectly increased depression via rumination, indicating that rumination is an important mediator in the relationship of subclinical ASD and ADHD symptoms with depression.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

How Autistic Traits, Inattention and Hyperactivity-Impulsivity Symptoms Influence Depression in Nonclinical Undergraduate Students? Mediating Role of Depressive Rumination

Horibe

Hasegawa

2018

Curr Psychol

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“…This finding closely matches those of two previous factor analyses of the AQ in smaller adult nonclinical samples (Austin 2005;Hurst et al 2007). Other researchers, however, have reported 2, 4, or 5 factors (Stewart and Austin 2009;Hoekstra et al 2008;Kloosterman et al 2011 Freeth et al 2013b). The three-factor solution provides empirical support for three item subsets in the AQ: one subset resembling the existing Attention to Detail subscale, and two other subsets characterised, respectively, by 'sociability' and 'mentalising' items drawn from the three traditional social subscales.…”

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‘Subtypes’ in the Presentation of Autistic Traits in the General Adult Population

Palmer

Paton

Enticott

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J Autism Dev Disord

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The present study examined the presentation of autistic traits in a large adult population sample (n = 2,343). Cluster analysis indicated two subgroups with clearly distinguishable trait profiles. One group (n = 1,059) reported greater social difficulties and lower detail orientation, while the second group (n = 1,284) reported lesser social difficulties and greater detail orientation. We also report a three-factor solution for the autism-spectrum quotient, with two, related, social-themed factors (Sociability and Mentalising) and a third non-social factor that varied independently (Detail Orientation). These results indicate that different profiles of autistic characteristics tend to occur in the adult nonclinical population. Research into nonclinical variance in autistic features may benefit by considering social- and detail-related trait domains independently.

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“…These CFA results, derived using LISREL 8.80 with robust maximum likelihood estimation, are presented in Table 1. Based on the set of reported fit values, the Kloosterman et al (2011) model could be regarded as providing the best solution relative to the other models. With respect to this AQ model, the reliabilities of the total score (a = .85) and the five subscales for this sample were satisfactory: Social Skills (a = .86), Communication/Mindreading (a = .71), Restricted/Repetitive Behaviour (a = .65), Attention to Details (a = .70), and Imagination (a = .65).…”

Section: Autism Spectrum Quotient (Aq)mentioning

confidence: 99%