School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Taylor Building, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU, UK.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2023 Jan;53(1):285-295. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-05420-y. Epub 2022 Jan 12.
A survey asked autistic and non-autistic people about the driving difficulties they experience and their autistic traits. Principle components analysis was used to identify how reported difficulties clustered together in each group, and regression was used to determine which subscales of the Autism Spectrum Quotient predict these factors. For autistic drivers three factors of driving difficulty emerged: a Driving Executive factor, predicted by Attention Switching; a Driving Understanding factor, predicted by Communication; and a Driving Social Interaction factor, predicted by Attention Switching. For non-autistic drivers only one Driving General factor emerged, predicted by Communication. This suggests autistic people may experience at least three distinct domains of difficulty when driving which may relate to their particular profile of autistic features.
一项调查询问了自闭症患者和非自闭症患者在驾驶方面所经历的困难及其自闭症特征。主成分分析用于确定每组中报告的困难是如何聚类的，回归用于确定自闭症谱系商数的哪些分量表可以预测这些因素。对于自闭症驾驶员，出现了三个驾驶困难因素：驾驶执行能力，由注意力转换预测；驾驶理解能力，由沟通预测；以及驾驶社会互动能力，由注意力转换预测。对于非自闭症驾驶员，仅出现一个驾驶一般能力因素，由沟通预测。这表明，自闭症患者在驾驶时可能至少经历三个不同的困难领域，这可能与他们特定的自闭症特征有关。
