title: MMPI-2 personality profiles of high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorders.
abstract: The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Second Edition was administered to 20 adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who fell in the average to above average range of intelligence and 24 age-, intelligence-, and gender-matched college students. Large group differences, with the ASD group scoring higher, were found on the L validity scale, Clinical Scales 2 (D) and 0 (Si), Content scale Social Discomfort (SOD), Supplementary scale Repression (R), and Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) scale INTR (Introversion). The proportion of ASD adults scoring in the clinical range on these scales was between 25% and 35%. High scores on these scales are consistent with the clinical picture of Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism in adulthood. Future directions and implications for identifying adults in need of a specialized autism assessment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Davis, USA. sally.ozonoff@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozonoff
authors.forename: Nicanor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lainhart
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D020817:Asperger Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male