Autism Traits and Cognitive Performance: Mediating Roles of Sleep Disturbance, Anxiety and Depression.

Theories about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have addressed cognitive deficits however few have examined how comorbid diagnoses, including sleep disturbance, anxiety and depression contribute to the underlying deficits. We investigated potential mediations of common ASD comorbidities in the relatio...

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 53; no. 12; pp. 4560 - 4577
Autores principales: McArthur, Gaynor E., Lee, Eunro, Laycock, Robin
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2023
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          McArthur, Gaynor E.
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          Autism Spectrum Disorder
          Cognition
          Sleep Disorders
          Anxiety
          Depression
          Comorbidity
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          Structural Equation Modeling
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      ab: Theories about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have addressed cognitive deficits however few have examined how comorbid diagnoses, including sleep disturbance, anxiety and depression contribute to the underlying deficits. We investigated potential mediations of common ASD comorbidities in the relationship between sub-clinical autism traits and cognitive performance using an international community sample. Cognitive tasks assessed working memory [executive functioning (EF) theory], mental state attribution [theory of mind (ToM)], and global/local visual processing [weak central coherence (WCC) theory]. Structural equation modelling (SEM) demonstrated sleep disturbance and anxiety mediated the relationship of autism traits on measures of EF, but not WCC and ToM. This suggests that treating the symptoms of sleep disturbance and anxiety may lead to improvements in working memory.
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