Investigating emotional impairments in adults with autism spectrum disorders and the broader autism phenotype
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Investigating emotional impairments in adults with autism spectrum disorders and the broader autism phenotype.
There is an increasing interest in the socio-affective atypicalities observed in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The aim of this study was to further explore emotional responsiveness in adults with ASD using well-validated self-reports of alexithymia and to determine whether anhedonic features are part of a broader autism phenotype (BAP). Participants comprised 38 adults with ASD, 8...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatry Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0165-1781
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.05.014