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The Five Factor Personality Model in Children With ASD During Middle Childhood
Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities (2016)
  • Brian Barger, University of Georgia
  • Jonathan Campbell, University of Kentucky
  • Christina Simmons, University of Georgia
Abstract
This study reports data comparing Five Factor Model (FFM) facets with the Inventory of Children’s Individual Differences–Short Form (ICID-S) in children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) during middle childhood with same-age typically developing children. Two (ASD vs. Typical) × 2 (Sex) age-controlled MANCOVAs were performed: (a) ASD versus a contemporaneous comparison group and (b) ASD versus a norming data subset. Significant gender interactions are reported for the Agreeableness, Neuroticism, and Extraversion facets. Most FFM facets in the ASD group were reliable, and group differences in both analyses were consistent with the broader ASD literature. Contemporary and normative analyses resulted in very similar significant differences and effect sizes.
Keywords
  • autism,
  • temperament,
  • personality,
  • Five Factor Model,
  • autism quotient
Publication Date
January 9, 2016
DOI
10.1177/1088357615583472
Citation Information
Brian Barger, Jonathan Campbell and Christina Simmons. "The Five Factor Personality Model in Children With ASD During Middle Childhood" Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities Vol. 31 Iss. 3 (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christina-simmons/5/