Relationships Between Autistic Traits and Other Psychological Characteristics
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 124
Special Issue Editors
Interests: autism, language and motor interactions; language acquisition; social communication
Interests: neurotypical and neurodivergent bilingual language development with a focus on environmental factors; the trajectory of cognitive development in neurotypical and neurodivergent bilingual children; evidence based, culturally and linguistically responsive assessment and intervention approaches
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Dear Colleagues,
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in social communication and repetitive behaviors, sensory processing, or monotropic interests (American Psychiatric Association, 2022). Although autism comes with its own unique traits, autistic individuals often meet the criteria of other psychological conditions. In fact, the prevalence of co-occurring psychological conditions in autistic children has been estimated to be as high as 91% (Mosner et al., 2019), and these co-occurring conditions were reported at rates higher than those found in the general population (Micai et al., 2023). To tailor developmental, health, educational, and vocational support services specific to the needs of autistic individuals, a deeper culturally responsive understanding of the relationships between autistic traits and other psychological characteristics is urgently needed.
This upcoming Special Issue of Behavioral Sciences is devoted to highlighting these unique relationships between autistic traits and other psychological characteristics, with an eye toward understanding how these interactions could shape supportive services aimed at autistic individuals when implementing neuro-affirmative and culturally and linguistically responsive care. Researchers and practitioners are encouraged to submit articles that focus on this intersection of characteristics and their real-life applications. We welcome innovative and novel research works, including critical and systematic reviews as well as qualitative and quantitative studies, on the above-mentioned topics.
Abstract submission deadline: April 15, 2025
Notification of abstract acceptance: May 1, 2025
Proposed submission deadline: September 30, 2025
Dr. Allison Gladfelter
Dr. Milijana Buac
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- autism
- neuro-affirming care
- neurodiversity
- co-occurring conditions
- language
- social skills
- health
- education
- learning
- vocation
- psychological characteristics
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