Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder based on DSM-5 Criteria: Evidence from Clinician and Teacher Reporting

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1381-1393

  Hiller, Rachel M ^a,b   Young, Robyn L ^a   Weber, Nathan ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Behaviour presentation; Gender; Sex differences; Teacher report

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84919327583     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: 15732835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9881-x     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, revised (4th ed.). Washington: Author.
2. American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington: Author.
3. Andersson, G. W., Gillberg, C., & Miniscalco, C. (2013). Pre-school children with suspected autism spectrum disorders: Do girls and boys have the same profiles? Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 413–422. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2012.08.025.
4. Attwood, T., Grandin, T., Bolick, T., Faherty, C., Iland, L., Myers, J. M., & Wroble, M. (2006). Asperger’s and girls. Texas: Future Horizons.
5. Baron-Cohen, S. (2002). The extreme male brain theory of autism. Trends in Cognitive Science, 6, 248–254. doi:10.1016/S1364–6613(02)01904–6.
6. Bayley, N. (2006). Bayley scales of infant and toddler development® 3rd edition (Bayley-III®). San Antonio: The Psychological Corporation.
7. Begeer, S., Mandell, D., Wijnker-Holmes, B., Venderbosch, S., Rem, D., Stekelenburg, F., & Koot, H. M. (2012). Sex differences in the timing of identification among children and adults with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43, 1–6. doi:10.1007/s10803–012–1656-z.
8. Dworzynski, K., Ronald, A., Bolton, P., & Happé, F. (2012). How different are girls and boys above and below the diagnostic threshold for autism spectrum disorders? Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 51, 788–797. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2012.05.018.
9. Escudero, P., Robbins, R. A., & Johnson, S. P. (2013). Sex-related preferences for real and doll faces versus real and toy objects in young infants and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 116, 367–379. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2013.07.001.
10. Fombonne, E. (2009). Epidemiology of pervasive developmental disorders. Pediatric Research, 65, 591–598. doi:10.1203/PDR.0b013e31819e7203.
11. Hartley, S. L., & Sikora, D. M. (2009). Sex differences in autism spectrum disorder: An examination of developmental functioning, autistic symptoms, and coexisting behavior problems in toddlers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(12), 1715–1722.
12. Lai, M. C., Lombardo, M. V., Pasco, G., Ruigrok, A. N., Wheelwright, S. J., Sadek, S. A., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2011). A behavioral comparison of male and female adults with high functioning autism spectrum conditions. PloS One, 6, 1–10. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020835.
13. Lord, C., Schopler, E., & Revicki, D. (1982). Sex differences in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 12, 317–330. doi:10.1007/BF01538320.
14. Lord, C., Rutter, M., Goode, S., Heemsbergen, J., Jordan, H., & Mawhood, L. (1989). Autism diagnostic observation schedule: a standardized observation of communicative and social behavior. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 19, 185–212.
15. Lord, C., Rutter, M., & Le Couteur, A. (1994). Autism diagnostic interview-revised: a revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 659–685. doi:10.1007/BF02172145.
16. Mandy, W., Chilvers, R., Chowdhury, U., Salter, G., Seigal, A., & Skuse, D. (2012). Sex differences in autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from a large sample of children and adolescents. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42, 1304–1313. doi:10.1007/s10803–011–1356–0.
17. McLennan, J. D., Lord, C., & Schopler, E. (1993). Sex differences in higher functioning people with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 23, 217–227. doi:10.1007/BF01046216.
18. Rivet, T. T., & Matson, J. L. (2011). Review of gender differences in core symptomatology in autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5, 957–976. doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2010.12.003.
19. Schopler, E., Reichler, R. J., & Renner, B. R. (1986). The childhood autism rating scale (CARS). Irvington: For diagnostic screening and classification of autism.
20. Siklos, S., & Kerns, K. A. (2007). Assessing the diagnostic experiences of a small sample of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 28, 9–22. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2005.09.003.
21. Szatmari, P., Liu, X. Q., Goldberg, J., Zwaigenbaum, L., Paterson, A. D., Woodbury‐Smith, M., & Thompson, A. (2012). Sex differences in repetitive stereotyped behaviors in autism: implications for genetic liability. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 159, 5–12. doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.31238.
22. Wechsler, D. (2002). Wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligenceTM third edition (WPPSITM-III): Sydney. NSW: Pearson.
23. Wechsler, D. (2003). Wechsler intelligence scale for children–fourth edition (WISC-IV). San Antonio: The Psychological Corporation.
24. Werling, D. M., & Geschwind, D. H. (2013). Sex differences in autism spectrum disorders. Current Opinion in Neurology, 26, 146–153.
25. Young, R. L. (2007). Autism detection in early childhood (ADEC) manual: ACER Press.