Social decision making in autistic adolescents: the role of theory of mind, executive functioning and emotion regulation

Kate Woodcock; Catherine  Cheung; Daniel González Marx; William Mandy

doi:10.1007/s10803-019-03975-5

Social decision making in autistic adolescents: the role of theory of mind, executive functioning and emotion regulation

Kate Woodcock, Catherine Cheung, Daniel González Marx, William Mandy

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Abstract

Social decision making is often challenging for autistic individuals. Twenty autistic adolescents made decisions in the socially interactive context of a one-shot ultimatum game, and performance was compared to a large matched typical reference sample. Theory of mind, executive functioning and emotion regulation were measured via direct assessments, self- and parent report. Relative to the reference sample, autistic adolescents proposed fewer fair offers, and this was associated with poorer theory of mind. Autistic adolescents responded similarly to the reference sample when making decisions about offers proposed to them, however they did not appear to down regulate their negative emotion in response to unfair treatment in the same way. Atypical processes may underpin even apparently typical decisions made by autistic adolescents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2501-2512
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	50
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-03975-5
Publication status	Published - 16 Mar 2019

Keywords

Autism spectrum disorder
ASD
Social decision making
Emotion regulation
Executive functioning
Theory of mind

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Developmental and Educational Psychology

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