Background: The autism spectrum (AS) is a multifaceted neurodevelopmental variant
associated with lifelong challenges. Despite the relevant importance of identifying AS in …

Background There is growing recognition that autistic females present with more diverse
gender and sexual identities than their non-autistic counterparts. Likewise, autistic females …

Empathy is an essential component of human social life. It requires the ability to understand
another's mental state and respond with an appropriate emotion or action. Individuals with …

The current study systematically investigated the effects of scoring and categorization
methods on the psychometric properties of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient. Four hundred and …

Background: Emotional impairments constitute a crucial and widely described dimension of
alcoholism, but several affective abilities are still to be thoroughly explored among alcohol …

Empathy is a concept whose history has been marred by conceptual inconsistencies.
Dispositional measures of empathy have varied in constituent subscales and have been …

The Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) has been widely used for measuring autistic
characteristics in parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Nonetheless, its …

The disorder of autism is widely recognised throughout the world. However, the diagnostic
criteria and theories of autism are based on research predominantly conducted in Western …

Scores on the autism spectrum quotient (AQ) were examined in 65 adults with ASD.
Maternal reports of symptoms were collected simultaneously using the autism diagnostic …

The Autism Spectrum Quotient is used to assess autistic spectrum traits in intellectually
competent adults in both the general population and the autism spectrum community. While …