Graduation Year
2024
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Psychology
Reader 1
Jennifer Ma
Reader 2
Jennifer Groscup
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© 2023 Megan R Young
Abstract
With four times as many boys than girls diagnosed with autism, psychologists must investigate whether this is due to an intrinsic difference or gender bias. This proposed study aims to evaluate autism clinicians’ bias in detecting restrictive and repetitive behaviors and interests (RRBI) in young children by presenting autism specialists with a vignette depicting one of four children, depicting either the male or female autism phenotype, and a masculine or feminine name. Gender of child and phenotypic presentation is expected to have a significant effect on detection and identification such that feminine names presenting with the Female Autism Phenotype (FAP) and feminine names will be detected and/or identified least, followed by feminine names presenting with the Male Autism Phenotype (MAP), then masculine names presenting with the FAP, and finally, masculine names presenting with the MAP will be identified and/or detected most often. Effects are expected to decrease but remain significant when controlling for education timing.
Recommended Citation
Young, Megan, "Autism Clinicians' Bias in Detecting Female-Typical RRBI in Young Children" (2024). Scripps Senior Theses. 2359.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2359
