Social subtypes in autism: an examination of their validity and relations to measures of social cognition

The present study examined the validity of Wing's (Wing & Attwood, 1987; Wing & Gould, 1979) subtypes of social impairment in a sample of autistic individuals and the relations between social deficits and role-taking ability. Specifically, fifty-three autistic persons were assigned by clinical raters to one of a) socially aloof, b) passive interaction, or c) active, but odd interaction subtypes (Wing & Attwood, 1987; Wing & Gould, 1979). Clinical charts were reviewed for diagnostic information as well as chronological ages and, where available, estimates of intellectual ~unctioning (IQ). Teachers or direct care staff completed specific measures of social behavioral characteristics, adaptive functioning, and level of autism with regard to each subject.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Department dc:contributor.department

Psychology

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1991

Author dc:creator

• Borden, Michael Christopher

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Ollendick, Thomas H.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Finney, Jack W.
• Jones, Russell T.
• Lickliter, Robert E.
• Zeskind, Philip Sanford

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-07282008-135801

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/38991