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Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

Autism

2018

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Behavioral Inhibition And Activation As A Modifier Process In Autism Spectrum Disorder: Examination Of Self‐Reported Bis/Bas And Alpha Eeg Asymmetry, Hillary K. Schiltz, Alana J. Mcvey, Alexander Barrington, Angela D. Haendel, Bridget Dolan, Kirsten S. Willar, Sheryl Pleiss, Jeffrey S. Karst, Elisabeth M. Vogt, Christina C. Murphy, Kelsey Gonring, Amy V. Van Hecke Dec 2018

Behavioral Inhibition And Activation As A Modifier Process In Autism Spectrum Disorder: Examination Of Self‐Reported Bis/Bas And Alpha Eeg Asymmetry, Hillary K. Schiltz, Alana J. Mcvey, Alexander Barrington, Angela D. Haendel, Bridget Dolan, Kirsten S. Willar, Sheryl Pleiss, Jeffrey S. Karst, Elisabeth M. Vogt, Christina C. Murphy, Kelsey Gonring, Amy V. Van Hecke

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

The Modifier Model of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) suggests that phenotypic variability within ASD is rooted in modifier processes, such as the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) and behavioral activation system (BAS). Among a sample of 53 adolescents with ASD, this study examined associations between (a) self-reported BIS/BAS and frontal and parietal alpha electroencephalogram asymmetry and whether these indices related to (b) ASD severity (via the Autism Quotient), and/or (c) co-occurring anxiety and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (via Youth Self Report and Child Behavior Checklist). Findings showed that alpha asymmetry was associated with self-reported BAS scores, such that greater BAS was related …