Pitch accent perception and autistic traits for non-native listeners

Camouflaging is a frequently reported behaviour in autistic people, which entails the use of strategies to compensate for and mask autistic traits in social situations. Camouflaging is associated with poor mental health in autistic people. This study examined the manifestation of camouflaging in a non-autistic sample, examining the relationship between autistic traits, camouflaging, and mental health. In addition, the role of executive functions as a mechanism underpinning camouflaging was explored. Sixty-three non-autistic adults completed standardised self-report questionnaires which measured: autistic traits, mental health symptoms, and camouflaging behaviours. In addition, a subset (n=51) completed three tests of executive function measuring inhibition, working memory, and set-shifting. Multiple linear regression models were used to analyse data. Results indicated that autistic traits are not associated with mental health symptoms when controlling for camouflaging, and camouflaging predicted increased mental health symptoms. Camouflaging did not correlate with any measure of executive function. These findings have implications for understanding the relationship between autistic traits and mental health in non-autistic people and add to the growing development of theory and knowledge about the mechanism and effects of camouflaging.

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Laryngealization or Pitch Accent - the Case of Danish Stød

10.21437/speechprosody.2014-149 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Nina Grønnum

Keyword(s):

Pitch Accent

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The effects of tonal experience on the categorization of Cantonese lexical tones into Japanese native pitch accent categories

10.21437/speechprosody.2020-99 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Janice Wing Sze Wong ◽

Takayuki Arai

Keyword(s):

Pitch Accent ◽

Lexical Tones

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Segmental Influences on the Perception of Pitch Accent Scaling in English

10.21437/speechprosody.2014-214 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Jonathan Barnes ◽

Alejna Brugos ◽

Nanette Veilleux ◽

Stefanie Shattuck Hufnagel

Keyword(s):

Pitch Accent

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Lexical H*+L pitch accent in Ryukyuan: Diversities in phonological patterning and phonetic manifestation

10.21437/speechprosody.2016-93 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Yasuko Nagano-Madsen

Keyword(s):

Pitch Accent

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Developmental trajectories of autistic social traits in the general population

Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0033291721002166 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Richard Pender ◽

Pasco Fearon ◽

Beate St Pourcain ◽

Jon Heron ◽

Will Mandy

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Full Range ◽

Population Sample ◽

Autistic Traits ◽

Communication Disorders ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Growth Mixture Modelling ◽

Autistic People ◽

Social Difficulties ◽

Autism Trait

Abstract Background Autistic people show diverse trajectories of autistic traits over time, a phenomenon labelled ‘chronogeneity’. For example, some show a decrease in symptoms, whilst others experience an intensification of difficulties. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a dimensional condition, representing one end of a trait continuum that extends throughout the population. To date, no studies have investigated chronogeneity across the full range of autistic traits. We investigated the nature and clinical significance of autism trait chronogeneity in a large, general population sample. Methods Autistic social/communication traits (ASTs) were measured in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children using the Social and Communication Disorders Checklist (SCDC) at ages 7, 10, 13 and 16 (N = 9744). We used Growth Mixture Modelling (GMM) to identify groups defined by their AST trajectories. Measures of ASD diagnosis, sex, IQ and mental health (internalising and externalising) were used to investigate external validity of the derived trajectory groups. Results The selected GMM model identified four AST trajectory groups: (i) Persistent High (2.3% of sample), (ii) Persistent Low (83.5%), (iii) Increasing (7.3%) and (iv) Decreasing (6.9%) trajectories. The Increasing group, in which females were a slight majority (53.2%), showed dramatic increases in SCDC scores during adolescence, accompanied by escalating internalising and externalising difficulties. Two-thirds (63.6%) of the Decreasing group were male. Conclusions Clinicians should note that for some young people autism-trait-like social difficulties first emerge during adolescence accompanied by problems with mood, anxiety, conduct and attention. A converse, majority-male group shows decreasing social difficulties during adolescence.

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