TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Fear of negative evaluation influences eye gaze in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a pilot study
JO  - Journal of autism and developmental disorders
A1  - White, Susan W.
A1  - Maddox, Brenna B.
A1  - Panneton, Robin K.
SP  - 3446
EP  - 3457
VL  - 45
IS  - 11
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0162-3257
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2349-6
ID  - ref1
ER  -