Gender Differences in the Social Motivation and Friendship Experiences of Autistic and Non-Autistic Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Sedgewick, Felicity; Hill, Vivian; Yates, Rhiannon; Pickering, Leanne; Pellicano, Elizabeth
Titel	Gender Differences in the Social Motivation and Friendship Experiences of Autistic and Non-Autistic Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (2016) 4, S.1297-1306 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-015-2669-1
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Mixed Methods Research; Autism; Adolescents; Comparative Analysis; Semi Structured Interviews; Aggression; Friendship; Special Education; Motivation; Interpersonal Relationship; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Interpersonal Competence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Autismus; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Freundschaft; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interpersonale Kompetenz
Abstract	This mixed-methods study examined gender differences in the social motivation and friendship experiences of adolescent boys and girls with autism relative to those without autism, all educated within special education settings. Autistic girls showed similar social motivation and friendship quality to non-autistic girls, while autistic boys reported having both qualitatively different friendships and less motivation for social contact relative to boys without autism "and" to girls with and without autism. Semi-structured interviews with the adolescents corroborated these findings, with one exception: autistic girls reported high levels of relational aggression within their friendships, suggesting that girls on the autism spectrum in particular may struggle with identifying and dealing with conflict in their social lives. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01