Abstract
A number of psychiatric illnesses have been recognized to have some level of insight deficits, including developmental disorders,
such as Asperger’s Syndrome (ASP). However insight into illness has not been empirically investigated in ASP and little research
has examined how individuals with ASP view their deficits. This is the first study to assess insight and the relationship
between insight and externalizing bias (EB) in ASP. Participants with ASP (n = 21) and healthy controls (n = 24) were recruited.
Attributional style was assessed with the internal, personal, and situational attribution questionnaire. Insight was assessed
with both a clinician-administered and a self-administered measure. Results revealed that EB was negatively correlated with
insight as assessed with the clinician-administered but not the self-administered measure of insight.
such as Asperger’s Syndrome (ASP). However insight into illness has not been empirically investigated in ASP and little research
has examined how individuals with ASP view their deficits. This is the first study to assess insight and the relationship
between insight and externalizing bias (EB) in ASP. Participants with ASP (n = 21) and healthy controls (n = 24) were recruited.
Attributional style was assessed with the internal, personal, and situational attribution questionnaire. Insight was assessed
with both a clinician-administered and a self-administered measure. Results revealed that EB was negatively correlated with
insight as assessed with the clinician-administered but not the self-administered measure of insight.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Brief Report
- Pages 1-7
- DOI 10.1007/s10803-012-1532-x
- Authors
- Nyaz Didehbani, Center for BrainHealth®, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2200 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
- Mujeeb U. Shad, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
- Michelle R. Kandalaft, Center for BrainHealth®, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2200 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
- Tandra T. Allen, Center for BrainHealth®, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2200 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
- Carol A. Tamminga, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
- Daniel C. Krawczyk, Center for BrainHealth®, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2200 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
- Sandra B. Chapman, Center for BrainHealth®, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2200 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
- Journal Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Online ISSN 1573-3432
- Print ISSN 0162-3257