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Measuring Five Factor Personality Traits in Autism During Early Childhood

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This study reports data indicating that the Five Factor facets measured with the Inventory of Children’s Individual Differences- Short Form (ICID-S; Deal, Halverson, Martin, Victor, & Baker, Journal of Personality Assessment, 89, 162–166, 2007) differentiate children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from typically developing children during early childhood. Two 2 (ASD versus typical) by 2 (Sex) age controlled MANCOVAs were performed: (1) ASD versus a contemporaneous comparison group and (2) ASD versus a norming data subset. Socio-economic status was also controlled in the contemporaneous comparison. Results indicated that group differences in both analyses were consistent with the broader ASD literature.

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This research was fully supported by a graduate research grant from the Organization for Autism Research.

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Barger, B., Campbell, J. & Simmons, C. Measuring Five Factor Personality Traits in Autism During Early Childhood. J Dev Phys Disabil 26, 775–792 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-014-9392-2

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