Brief Report: Insight into Illness and Social Attributional Style in Asperger’s Syndrome

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 vie...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2012-12, Vol.42 (12), p.2754-2760
Main Authors: Didehbani, Nyaz, Shad, Mujeeb U., Kandalaft, Michelle R., Allen, Tandra T., Tamminga, Carol A., Krawczyk, Daniel C., Chapman, Sandra B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Asperger Syndrome
Asperger Syndrome - psychology
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attitude Measures
Attribution Theory
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Bias
Biological and medical sciences
Brief Report
Case Studies
Child and School Psychology
Child clinical studies
Comparative Analysis
Control Groups
Correlation
Developmental disorders
Diseases
Female
Humans
Infantile autism
Interpersonal Competence
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Neurosciences
Outcomes of Treatment
Pediatrics
Problem Solving
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public Health
Questionnaires
Schizophrenia
Self awareness
Self esteem
Self image
Self Report
Social Cognition
Social Environment
Social Perception
Social Responsibility
Surveys and Questionnaires
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-012-1532-x