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Clutterbuck, Rachel A.; Shah, Punit; Leung, Hok Sze; Callan, Mitchell J.; Gjersoe, Natalia; Livingston, Lucy A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
White and Remington (2019) found that autistic people may have increased anthropomorphic tendencies to ascribe human-like attributes to non-human agents. However, it was unclear from their study whether this relationship holds after accounting for socio-demographic variables known to be associated with anthropomorphism. The psychometric properties…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Psychological Patterns
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Hutchins, Tiffany L.; Lewis, Laura; Prelock, Patricia A.; Brien, Ashley – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
This study describes the development and psychometric evaluation of a new self-report measure of social cognition: the Theory of Mind Inventory:Self-Report--Adult (ToMI:SR-Adult). Adults with autism (or a suspicion of autism; n = 111) and typically developing adults (n = 109) completed a demographic questionnaire and the ToMI:SR-Adult online. Both…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Social Cognition, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction
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Khorashad, Behzad S.; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Roshan, Ghasem M.; Kazemian, Mojtaba; Khazai, Ladan; Aghili, Zahra; Talaei, Ali; Afkhamizadeh, Mozhgan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The psychometric properties of the Persian "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" test were investigated, so were the predictions from the Empathizing-Systemizing theory of psychological sex differences. Adults aged 16-69 years old (N = 545, female = 51.7%) completed the test online. The analysis of items showed them to be generally acceptable.…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Theory of Mind, Gender Differences, Measures (Individuals)
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Brewer, Neil; Young, Robyn L.; Barnett, Emily – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Deficits in Theory of Mind (ToM)--the ability to interpret others' beliefs, intentions and emotions--undermine the ability of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to interact in socially normative ways. This study provides psychometric data for the Adult-Theory of Mind (A-ToM) measure using video-scenarios based in part on Happé's…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Theory of Mind, Interpersonal Competence
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Tahiroglu, Deniz; Moses, Louis J.; Carlson, Stephanie M.; Mahy, Caitlin E. V.; Olofson, Eric L.; Sabbagh, Mark A. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Children's theory of mind (ToM) is typically measured with laboratory assessments of performance. Although these measures have generated a wealth of informative data concerning developmental progressions in ToM, they may be less useful as the sole source of information about individual differences in ToM and their relation to other facets of…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Theory of Mind, Individual Differences, Parents
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Müller, Christoph Michael; Gmünder, Lena – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders are often considered to have difficulty with using facial cues (e.g., cues from the eye region) to understand others' mental states. One of the pioneering assessments to test competence in this skill is the "Reading the Mind in the Eyes-Test" (RMET). In order to find out more about the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Cues, Theory of Mind