Parsing the heterogeneity of social motivation in autism
This study highlights the heterogeneous nature of deficits in social motivation in autism relative to normative benchmarks, suggesting potential avenues for tailored interventions aimed at addressing the specific challenges experienced by individuals within each subgroup. Nevertheless, there remains a need to develop more refined measurement tools capable of capturing even finer-grained aspects and diverse expressions of social motivation, facilitating further characterization of individual differences across diagnostic boundaries.
Authors
- Emily Spackman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2300-439X)
- Lacey Chetcuti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9360-0851)
- Eric A. Youngstrom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-6860)
- James C. McPartland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2570-0746)
- Antonio Y. Hardan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9860-8625)
- Thomas William Frazier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6951-2667)
- Mirko Uljarević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7481-3923)
- Eva Loth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9458-9167)
Institutions
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- The Kids Research Institute Australia (AU)
- John Carroll University (US)
- King's College London (GB)
- Yale University (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14147
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.59
Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health