Kerr-Gaffney, J;
Mason, L;
Jones, E;
Hayward, H;
Harrison, A;
Murphy, D;
Tchanturia, K;
(2020)
Autistic Traits Mediate Reductions in Social Attention in Adults with Anorexia Nervosa.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
10.1007/s10803-020-04686-y.
(In press).
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Abstract
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with difficulties in social and emotional functioning. A significant proportion of individuals with AN show autistic traits, which may influence social attention. This study examined attention to faces and facial features in AN, recovered AN (REC), and healthy controls, as well as relationships with comorbid psychopathology. One hundred and forty-eight participants’ eye movements were tracked while watching a naturalistic social scene. Anxiety, depression, alexithymia, and autistic traits were assessed via self-report questionnaires. Participants with AN spent significantly less time looking at faces compared to REC and controls; patterns of attention to individual facial features did not differ across groups. Autistic traits mediated the relationship between group and time spent looking at faces.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Autistic Traits Mediate Reductions in Social Attention in Adults with Anorexia Nervosa |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-020-04686-y |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04686-y |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Anorexia nervosa, Social attention, Eye-tracking, Autism spectrum disorder, Comorbidity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10111174 |
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