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ERIC Number: EJ1460735
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Feb
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
EISSN: EISSN-1573-3432
Available Date: 2023-02-04
Brief Report: Local-Global Processing and Co-Occurrence of Anxiety, Autistic and Obsessive-Compulsive Traits in a Non-Clinical Sample
Chris Retzler1; Jenny Retzler1
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v55 n2 p764-771 2025
Purpose: Increased local-to-global interference has been found in those with ASD, AD and OCD, and as such, may represent a transdiagnostic marker. As a first step to investigating this, we aimed to assess the overlap in traits of these disorders in a non-clinical sample, and whether local-global processing relates to the traits of the three conditions. Methods: Participants (n = 149) completed questionnaires including the Autism Quotient (AQ), the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (OCI-R) and the Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and an online version of the Navon task. Behavioural metrics of interference and precedence were extracted from the task and correlated with trait scores. Results: We found moderate to strong correlations between the total scores for ASD, anxiety and OCD. Most local-global processing indices did not relate to traits. Conclusion: The study found evidence for an overlap in autism, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive traits in a non-clinical sample. However, local-global processing, as measured by the Navon task, did not appear to underpin symptomatology in the sample and could not be considered a transdiagnostic marker. Future research should investigate the value of alternate metrics.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Huddersfield, Department of Psychology, School of Human and Health Sciences, Huddersfield, UK