Virginia Consortium Program for Clinical Psychology, 555 Park Avenue, Norfolk, VA, 23504, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 825 Fairfax Ave. Suite 710, Norfolk, VA, 23507, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Dec;48(12):3974-3983. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3556-3.
Individuals with higher levels of the broad autism phenotype (BAP) have some symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Like individuals with ASD, people with higher-BAP may have fewer sexual experiences and may experience more same-sex attraction. This study measured BAP traits, sexual experiences, and sexual orientation in typically developing (TD) individuals to see if patterns of sexual behavior and sexual orientation in higher-BAP resemble those in ASD. Although BAP characteristics did not predict sexual experiences, one BAP measure significantly predicted sexual orientation, β = 0.22, t = 2.72, p = .007, controlling for demographic variables (R change = .04, F = 7.41, p = .007), showing individuals with higher-BAP also reported increased same-sex attraction. This finding supports the hypothesis that individuals with higher-BAP resemble ASD individuals in being more likely than TD individuals to experience same-sex attraction.
具有较高广泛自闭症表型（BAP）水平的个体具有一些自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的症状。与 ASD 个体一样，高 BAP 个体可能性行为经验较少，可能会经历更多同性吸引。本研究在典型发育（TD）个体中测量了 BAP 特征、性行为经验和性取向，以观察高 BAP 个体的性行为模式和性取向是否与 ASD 相似。尽管 BAP 特征不能预测性行为经验，但一项 BAP 测量指标显著预测了性取向，β=0.22，t=2.72，p=0.007，控制了人口统计学变量（R 变化=0.04，F=7.41，p=0.007），表明高 BAP 个体也报告了同性吸引的增加。这一发现支持了这样一种假设，即具有较高 BAP 的个体比 TD 个体更有可能经历同性吸引，这与 ASD 个体相似。
