Western Kentucky University
Success Indicators of College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This study examined the executive functioning skills as students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) entered college. The participants consisted of 95 college students with ASD who attended the Kelly Autism Program (KAP) on Western Kentucky University’s campus in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The individuals in the sample were categorized three groups: individuals who graduated from college, individuals who were still attending college, and individuals who dropped out of college. The results indicated that the executive functioning skills of inhibiting and initiation were statistically significantly different between the three groups and additional skills were significantly different when comparing only the group that graduated from college with the group that dropped out of college.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Department of Psychology
- Year
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Prickett, Megan M
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Carl Myers (Director), Frederick Grieve, and Christina Noel
Subjects
dc:subject × 5Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1524
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-2527