Autistic traits in treatment-seeking transgender adults
The present study aimed to compare prevalence of autistic traits as measured by the Autism Spectrum Quotient-Short (AQ-Short) in a transgender clinical population (n=656) matched by age and sex assigned at birth to a typical cisgender community sample. Transgender people assigned female at birth wer...
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| author | Nobili, Anna Glazebrook, Cris Bouman, Walter Pierre Glidden, Derek Baron-Cohen, Simon Allison, Carrie Smith, Paula Arcelus, Jon |
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| description | The present study aimed to compare prevalence of autistic traits as measured by the Autism Spectrum Quotient-Short (AQ-Short) in a transgender clinical population (n=656) matched by age and sex assigned at birth to a typical cisgender community sample. Transgender people assigned female at birth were approximately twice as likely to have clinically significant levels of autistic traits compared to cisgender females. No difference was found between those assigned male at birth. High level of AQ scores may not be indicative of the presence of an autism spectrum condition as the difference between groups mainly related to social difficulties. Such AQ scores may be a reflection of transgender people presenting with high levels of social anxiety due to negative past experiences. |
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| spelling | nottingham-510142018-05-01T15:53:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51014/ Autistic traits in treatment-seeking transgender adults Nobili, Anna Glazebrook, Cris Bouman, Walter Pierre Glidden, Derek Baron-Cohen, Simon Allison, Carrie Smith, Paula Arcelus, Jon The present study aimed to compare prevalence of autistic traits as measured by the Autism Spectrum Quotient-Short (AQ-Short) in a transgender clinical population (n=656) matched by age and sex assigned at birth to a typical cisgender community sample. Transgender people assigned female at birth were approximately twice as likely to have clinically significant levels of autistic traits compared to cisgender females. No difference was found between those assigned male at birth. High level of AQ scores may not be indicative of the presence of an autism spectrum condition as the difference between groups mainly related to social difficulties. Such AQ scores may be a reflection of transgender people presenting with high levels of social anxiety due to negative past experiences. Springer 2018-04-13 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51014/8/s10803-018-3557-2.pdf Nobili, Anna, Glazebrook, Cris, Bouman, Walter Pierre, Glidden, Derek, Baron-Cohen, Simon, Allison, Carrie, Smith, Paula and Arcelus, Jon (2018) Autistic traits in treatment-seeking transgender adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders . ISSN 1573-3432 Autism Spectrum Conditions autistic traits Transgender Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) social issues social anxiety https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10803-018-3557-2 doi:10.1007/s10803-018-3557-2 doi:10.1007/s10803-018-3557-2 |
| spellingShingle | Autism Spectrum Conditions autistic traits Transgender Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) social issues social anxiety Nobili, Anna Glazebrook, Cris Bouman, Walter Pierre Glidden, Derek Baron-Cohen, Simon Allison, Carrie Smith, Paula Arcelus, Jon Autistic traits in treatment-seeking transgender adults |
| title | Autistic traits in treatment-seeking transgender adults |
| title_full | Autistic traits in treatment-seeking transgender adults |
| title_fullStr | Autistic traits in treatment-seeking transgender adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autistic traits in treatment-seeking transgender adults |
| title_short | Autistic traits in treatment-seeking transgender adults |
| title_sort | autistic traits in treatment-seeking transgender adults |
| topic | Autism Spectrum Conditions autistic traits Transgender Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) social issues social anxiety |
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