An Investigation of the "Jumping to Conclusions" Data-Gathering Bias and Paranoid Thoughts in Asperger Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Jänsch, Claire; Hare, Dougal Julian
Titel	An Investigation of the "Jumping to Conclusions" Data-Gathering Bias and Paranoid Thoughts in Asperger Syndrome
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44 (2014) 1, S.111-119 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-013-1855-2
Schlagwörter	Asperger Syndrome; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Behavior; Fear; Self Concept; Decision Making; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asperger-Syndrom; Angst; Furcht; Selbstkonzept; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	The existence of a data-gathering bias, in the form of jumping to conclusions, and links to paranoid ideation was investigated in Asperger syndrome (AS). People with AS (N = 30) were compared to a neurotypical control group (N = 30) on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes and the Beads tasks, with self-report measures of depression, general anxiety, social anxiety, self-consciousness and paranoid ideation. The AS group performed less well than the control group on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task with regard to accuracy but responded more quickly and tended to make decisions on the basis of less evidence on the Beads Task with 50% demonstrating a clear "jumping to conclusions bias," whereas none of the control group showed such a bias. Depression and general anxiety were associated with paranoid ideation but not data-gathering style, which was contrary to expectation. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10