Anthropomorphic Tendencies in Autism: A Conceptual Replication and Extension of White and Remington (2019) and Preliminary Development of a Novel Anthropomorphism Measure

Autor/inn/en	Clutterbuck, Rachel A.; Shah, Punit; Leung, Hok Sze; Callan, Mitchell J.; Gjersoe, Natalia; Livingston, Lucy A.
Titel	Anthropomorphic Tendencies in Autism: A Conceptual Replication and Extension of White and Remington (2019) and Preliminary Development of a Novel Anthropomorphism Measure
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 26 (2022) 4, S.940-950 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shah, Punit) ORCID (Livingston, Lucy A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/13623613211039387
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Psychological Patterns; Measures (Individuals); Psychometrics; Individual Differences; Social Cognition; Theory of Mind; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Messdaten; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Individueller Unterschied; Soziale Kognition; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	White and Remington (2019) found that autistic people may have increased anthropomorphic tendencies to ascribe human-like attributes to non-human agents. However, it was unclear from their study whether this relationship holds after accounting for socio-demographic variables known to be associated with anthropomorphism. The psychometric properties of the anthropomorphism questionnaire they used has also not been investigated, raising concerns about whether it measures the same construct in people with differing levels of autistic traits. Addressing these issues, we re-examined the relationship between autism and anthropomorphism in a large sample of adults (N = 492). Conceptually replicating White and Remington, we found that autistic traits were significantly associated with greater anthropomorphic tendencies, even after accounting for age and sex (Study 1). Equally, psychometric concerns with the anthropomorphism questionnaire were revealed, leading us to refine this measure and re-analyse the data. A less clear-cut but significant association between autistic traits and anthropomorphism was found (Study 2). Our refined anthropomorphism measure also had improved psychometric properties, particularly showing that it is suitable for future autism research. Our findings are discussed in relation to individual differences in social-cognitive processing and we outline future directions for investigating mechanisms linking anthropomorphism and social cognition in autism. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01