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dc.contributor.authorVilas, Sara P.
dc.contributor.authorReniers, Renate L. E. P.
dc.contributor.authorLudlow, Amanda K.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-05T14:00:01Z
dc.date.available2022-01-05T14:00:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-17
dc.identifier.citationVilas , S P , Reniers , R L E P & Ludlow , A K 2021 , ' An Investigation of Behavioural and Self-Reported Cognitive Empathy Deficits in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Adolescents With Behavioural Difficulties ' , Frontiers in Psychiatry , vol. 12 , 717877 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.717877
dc.identifier.issn1664-0640
dc.identifier.otherJisc: b873c6d466e34c0d8e97e892e5d61cbf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/25283
dc.description© 2021 Vilas, Reniers and Ludlow. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.description.abstractDeficits in empathy have been considered hallmarks in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) but are also considered to underlie antisocial behaviour associated with individuals with callous unemotional traits (CU). Research has suggested that individuals with autism spectrum disorders show more difficulties with cognitive empathy, and that individuals diagnosed with behaviours difficulties, characterised by CU traits and antisocial behaviour, demonstrate low affective empathy. In the current manuscript we present findings of two studies. The first study describes the validation of a new stimulus set developed for the empathic accuracy task, focused on its cognitive component. The second study compares the performance of 27 adolescents with ASD, 27 age matched typically developing adolescents and 17 adolescents with behavioural difficulties on the empathic accuracy task and a self-report measure of empathy. While, no differences were observed between the three groups across the empathy accuracy task, the adolescents with ASD and CD showed deficits in their cognitive empathy across the self-report measure. Adolescents with ASD showed lower scores in particularly their perspective taking abilities, whereas the adolescences with behavioural difficulties showed more difficulties with their online simulation. No differences in self-reported affective empathy across the three groups were observed. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Psychiatry
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.subjectcognitive empathy
dc.subjectcallous-unemotional traits
dc.subjectempathic accuracy
dc.subjectperspective taking
dc.subjectautism spectrum disorders
dc.subjectbehavioural difficulties
dc.titleAn Investigation of Behavioural and Self-Reported Cognitive Empathy Deficits in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Adolescents With Behavioural Difficultiesen
dc.contributor.institutionPsychology and NeuroDiversity Applied Research Unit
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Psychology, Sport and Geography
dc.contributor.institutionHealth and Clinical Psychology Research Group
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Research in Psychology and Sport Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Life and Medical Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionPsychology
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.3389/fpsyt.2021.717877
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