Psychosexual functioning of cognitively-able adolescents with autism spectrum disorder compared to typically developing peers: The development and testing of the teen transition inventory- a self- and parent report questionnaire on psychosexual functioning

Linda P. Dekker; Esther J.M. van der Vegt; Jan Van der Ende; Nouchka Tick; Anneke Louwerse; Athanasios Maras; Frank C. Verhulst; Kirstin Greaves-Lord

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Psychosexual functioning of cognitively-able adolescents with autism spectrum disorder compared to typically developing peers: The development and testing of the teen transition inventory- a self- and parent report questionnaire on psychosexual functioning

Linda P. Dekker^*, Esther J.M. van der Vegt, Jan Van der Ende, Nouchka Tick, Anneke Louwerse, Athanasios Maras, Frank C. Verhulst, Kirstin Greaves-Lord

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To gain further insight into psychosexual functioning, including behaviors, intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects, in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), comprehensive, multi-informant measures are needed. This study describes (1) the development of a new measure of psychosexual functioning in both parentand self-reports (Teen Transition Inventory; TTI) covering all three domains of psychosexual functioning (i.e. psychosexual socialization, psychosexual selfhood, and sexual/ intimate behavior). And (2) the initial testing of this instrument, comparing adolescents with ASD (n = 79 parentreport; n = 58 self-report) to Typically Developing (TD) adolescents (n = 131 parent-report; n = 91 self-report) while taking into account gender as a covariate. Results from both informants indicate more difficulties regarding psychosexual socialization and psychosexual selfhood in the ASD group. With regard to sexual/intimate behavior, only parents reported significantly more problems in adolescents with ASD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1716-1738
Number of pages	23
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	47
Issue number	6
Early online date	16 Mar 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3071-y
Publication status	Published - 2017

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The authors thank the children and parents who participated in this project. We thank the reviewers for their constructive feedback that has helped us to improve the quality of this manuscript. This research was supported by a grant from the Sophia Foundation for Scientific Research (SSWO; Grant 617, 2010) and through in kind contributions from the work package ‘Relations’ of the Academic Workplace Autism Joint Effort!.

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Dekker, L. P., van der Vegt, E. J. M., Van der Ende, J., Tick, N., Louwerse, A., Maras, A., Verhulst, F. C., & Greaves-Lord, K. (2017). Psychosexual functioning of cognitively-able adolescents with autism spectrum disorder compared to typically developing peers: The development and testing of the teen transition inventory- a self- and parent report questionnaire on psychosexual functioning. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47(6), 1716-1738. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3071-y

Dekker, Linda P. ; van der Vegt, Esther J.M. ; Van der Ende, Jan et al. / Psychosexual functioning of cognitively-able adolescents with autism spectrum disorder compared to typically developing peers : The development and testing of the teen transition inventory- a self- and parent report questionnaire on psychosexual functioning. In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2017 ; Vol. 47, No. 6. pp. 1716-1738.

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Dekker LP, van der Vegt EJM, Van der Ende J, Tick N, Louwerse A, Maras A et al. Psychosexual functioning of cognitively-able adolescents with autism spectrum disorder compared to typically developing peers: The development and testing of the teen transition inventory- a self- and parent report questionnaire on psychosexual functioning. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2017;47(6):1716-1738. Epub 2017 Mar 16. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3071-y

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