Department of Clinical Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden, The Netherlands.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Apr;50(4):1353-1363. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04267-8.
Many students with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) attending higher education drop out prematurely. The predictive value of self-reported daily executive functioning (EF) and (cognitive) performance-based EF (mental flexibility and working memory) for academic progress was evaluated in 54 young adults with ASD (M = 22.5, SD = 2.4, 72% male). Regression analyses showed that autism symptom severity explained 12% of variance in academic progress, which was raised to 36% by adding self-reported daily EF, and to 25% by adding performance-based EF. It is suggested that EF is a candidate marker for academic progress in higher education students with ASD and a candidate target for early intervention.
许多患有自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)的学生在接受高等教育时提前辍学。本研究评估了 54 名患有 ASD 的年轻成年人(M=22.5,SD=2.4,72%为男性)的自我报告的日常执行功能(EF)和(认知)基于表现的 EF(心理灵活性和工作记忆)对学业进步的预测价值。回归分析表明,自闭症症状严重程度解释了学业进步的 12%的方差,通过添加自我报告的日常 EF 将其提高到 36%,通过添加基于表现的 EF 将其提高到 25%。研究表明,EF 是 ASD 学生高等教育学业进步的候选标志物,也是早期干预的候选目标。