Express Yourself: First Impressions and Perception of Gender Expression in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders., 2022
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Dates
- 2022
Creator
- Baer, Meghan (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
The thesis is restricted due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), permission from the author is required before you can view the thesis
Extent
47 pages (47 pages)
Language of Materials
From the record group: English
From the record group: Chinese
From the record group: Spanish; Castilian
Overview
"The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between first impressions of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their perceived gender expression. Additionally, we investigated the role of rater identity on first impression formation to determine whether rater characteristics including gender and autism related traits influence how they perceive others. Previous perception studies have shown differences in the in the first impressions formed by autistic individuals (Grossman, 2015; Sasson et al., 2017), however this research has often included few female participants. Using video clips of 60 individuals (15 NT females, 15 NT males, 15 autistic females, 15 autistic males) we asked participants to provide their first impressions of each child and rate their gender expression along three variables (i.e., femininity, masculinity, others/neither). Findings suggest that unexpected gender expression (i.e., gender rating that does not match assigned sex) was related with poor first impression scores. Additionally, on average, autistic females' gender expression differed significantly from their NT peers while autistic males' gender expression did not." -- Abstract
Physical Location
RG 010.02B Communication Sciences & Disorders
Physical Description
47 pages
Repository Details
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