Closing the gender gap: Understanding how adolescent girls with autism spectrum disorder perceive and interpret their social and emotional experiences

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dc.contributor.authorWard, Michelle
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeHiebert-Murphy, Diane (Psychology) Li, Johnson (Psychology) Hansen, Nancy (Disability Studies)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorMontgomery, Janine (Psychology)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-30T13:15:45Z
dc.date.available2017-08-30T13:15:45Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractRelatively little is known about the social-emotional profile of females with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a population that has historically been overlooked in research and applied contexts. In an effort to advance current knowledge, this qualitative study explored the social and emotional experiences of four adolescent girls (ages 16–18) with ASD through semi- structured in-depth interviews, using an Interpretive Phenomenological framework. Interview questions generated discussion regarding friendships, romantic relations, peer interactions, and social-emotional experiences. Six superordinate themes emerged: 1) the effort of social interaction; 2) the sensory nature of relationships; 3) the cyclical impact of social-emotional experiences and social-emotional functioning; 4) a need for acceptance; 5) the impact of disability; and 6) the role of adults. The present study takes a first step towards closing a persisting gender gap in the ASD literature, advancing current understandings of girls with ASD and guiding the directions of future research.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2017en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/32394
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectAutism spectrum disordersen_US
dc.subjectFemalesen_US
dc.subjectAdolescenceen_US
dc.subjectSocial experiencesen_US
dc.subjectEmotional experiencesen_US
dc.titleClosing the gender gap: Understanding how adolescent girls with autism spectrum disorder perceive and interpret their social and emotional experiencesen_US
dc.title.alternativeClosing the gender gap: Understanding the social and emotional experiences of adolescent girls with autism spectrum disorderen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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