Assessing gender differences in autism spectrum disorder using the Gendered Autism Behavioral Scale (GABS): An exploratory study
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Autistic females tend to show better social communication skills than autistic males in nuanced ways, so autistic features in females might not be sufficiently captured by commonly used instruments.
“For instance, autistic females tend to show better social communication skills than autistic males in nuanced ways, which means that autistic features in females might not be sufficiently captured by commonly used instruments107,108.”
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- Authors
- Clarke, E., Hull, L., Loomes, R., McCormick, C. E. B., Sheinkopf, S. J., & Mandy, W.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University College London (GB)
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hull, Laura
- ORCID
- Venue
- Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-10
- Volume
- 88
- Pages
- 101844
- ISSN
- 1878-0237 (ISSN-L)
- 1750-9467
- OpenAlex
- W3193283994
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 1.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- discovery.ucl.ac.uk
- Licence
- Locations
- Research in Autism (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (286756, 454555)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, gender differences, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, coding system development, inter-rater reliability, autistic females, emotion regulation, secondary analysis
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