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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 3/2011

01-03-2011 | Original Paper

Interpretation of Ambiguous Situations: Evidence for a Dissociation Between Social and Physical Threat in Williams Syndrome

Auteurs: Helen F. Dodd, Melanie A. Porter

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 3/2011

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Abstract

Williams syndrome (WS) is associated with an unusual profile of anxiety, characterised by increased rates of non-social anxiety but not social anxiety (Dodd and Porter, J Ment Health Res Intellect Disabil 2(2):89–109, 2009). The present research examines whether this profile of anxiety is associated with an interpretation bias for ambiguous physical, but not social, situations. Sixteen participants with WS, aged 13–34 years, and two groups of typically developing controls matched to the WS group on chronological age (CA) and mental age (MA), participated. Consistent with the profile of anxiety reported in WS, the WS group were significantly more likely to interpret an ambiguous physical situation as threatening than both control groups. However, no between-group differences were found on the ambiguous social situations.
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volgende artikel Anxiety Disorders in Typically Developing Youth: Autism Spectrum Symptoms as a Predictor of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment
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Chavira et al. (2004) used the ADIS-IV to assess the prevalence of anxiety disorders in a large cohort of typically developing children and found that 3% met criteria for GAD, 10% met criteria for Specific Phobia and 6.8% met criteria for Social Phobia. Dekker and Koot (2003) reported that 17.5% of their sample of intellectually impaired children and young adults met criteria for a Specific Phobia, 0% met criteria for GAD and 2.5% met criteria for Social Phobia.
 
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Example physical threat situation: You are walking to a friend’s house when a big dog comes towards you. What do you think the dog is going to do? Threat interpretation: The dog is going to bite you. Non-threat interpretation: The dog wants to sniff you and have a pat. Example social threat situation: You’re having a party that starts at 3 o’clock, it’s just after 3 o’clock and no one is there yet. What do you think? Threat interpretation: No-one wants to come to the party, Non-threat interpretation: They’re running a bit late.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Interpretation of Ambiguous Situations: Evidence for a Dissociation Between Social and Physical Threat in Williams Syndrome
Auteurs
Helen F. Dodd
Melanie A. Porter
Publicatiedatum
01-03-2011
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1048-1

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