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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Predicting Social Competence through Intelligence and Social Cognition: Understanding Women and Girls with Autistic Traits
- Tennyson Feigel
Brigham Young University - Geoffrey Webb
Brigham Young University - Morgan McBride
Brigham Young University - Zack Cusworth
Brigham Young University - Tyler Hayward
Brigham Young University - Rebecca Lundwall
Brigham Young University - Jonathan Beck
Brigham Young University
Abstract
Impaired social communication is a hallmark of autism. Previous findings support a positive relationship between social ability and intelligence. A path analysis displays a positive relationship between verbal intelligence and certain measures of social competence in a sample of women and girls who report many autistic traits.
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