Secondary girls and elementary boys, on the other hand, were more likely to be solitary and less likely to engage with peer groups. Conclusion: Study findings highlight the relationship between social engagement and loneliness in school-based autistic populations, and that more e...
For completeness, we also tested whether autistic boys displayed significant alterations relative to their male counterparts (male autism vs. male TD), as well as whether TD girls and boys differed from each other (female TD vs. male TD). All neuroimaging analyses included the following ...
Mean (SD) continuous autism score for boys was 0.9 (1.7) with a prevalence of 1.3% for the proxy for a clinical diagnosis (HiC). For girls, the mean autism score was 0.6 (1.2) and the HiC prevalence was 0.4%. The male to female ratio regardless of zygosity was 4:1 in the HiC. ...
Three major themes on the physical health status of autistic girls/women emerged from the existing literature: (1)Autistic girls/women experience more overall physical health conditions than autistic boys/men and non-autistic girls/women; (2)Epilepsy has been most commonly researched and seems more ...
, is reported in individuals assigned female at birth than individuals assigned as male. Despite this, studies investigating the relationship between autistic traits and GD in child samples have found comparable levels of autism symptoms between boys and girls with GD [10,11]....
, is reported in individuals assigned female at birth than individuals assigned as male. Despite this, studies investigating the relationship between autistic traits and GD in child samples have found comparable levels of autism symptoms between boys and girls with GD [10,11]....
An analysis of variance with the factors “Group” (VI vs. TD vs. ASD) and “Gender” (girls vs. boys) as between-subject variables indicated no effect of age (Fs < 1 for all main effects and their interaction). The proportion of boys was greater in the ASD group (χ2(2) = ...
not differ significantly, evidence suggests that the diagnostic profile of ASD may differ by gender, with females with HFA being less impaired in early social development (McLennan et al.1993) and certain diagnostic items appear to be much more typical of girls than boys (Kopp and Gillberg2011...
Behavioral and emotional problems in high-functioning girls and boys with autism spectrum disorders: parents’ reports and adolescents’ self-reports. Autism. 2017;21:738–48. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Woodman AC, Mailick MR, Greenberg JS. Trajectories of internalizing and ...
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