@article{ref1,
title="Fear of negative evaluation influences eye gaze in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a pilot study",
journal="Journal of autism and developmental disorders",
year="2015",
author="White, Susan W. and Maddox, Brenna B. and Panneton, Robin K.",
volume="45",
number="11",
pages="3446-3457",
abstract="Social anxiety is common among adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In this modest-sized pilot study, we examined the relationship between social worries and gaze patterns to static social stimuli in adolescents with ASD (n = 15) and gender-matched adolescents without ASD (control; n = 18). Among cognitively unimpaired adolescents with ASD, self-reported fear of negative evaluation predicted greater gaze duration to social threat cues (i.e., faces depicting disgust and anger). By comparison, there was no relationship between self-reported social fears and gaze duration in the controls. These findings call attention to the potential import of the impact of co-occurring psychopathology such as social anxiety, and particularly fear of negative evaluation, on social attention and cognition with adolescents who have ASD.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0162-3257",
doi="10.1007/s10803-014-2349-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2349-6"
}