title: Perceived Friendship Quality of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder as Compared to their Peers in Mixed and Non-mixed Dyads.
abstract: There has been limited research exploring the similarity of perception of friendship quality between children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their friends. In this study, 45 children with ASD participated together with their friends. Two levels of friendship quality congruency were investigated: reciprocity and mutuality. A high proportion of the friendships were reciprocated for both the mixed and non-mixed friendship groups. Nevertheless, students with ASD reported substantial differences in perceptions of their friendship quality as compared to their nominated friends. The findings of the present study mirrored those of previous research with typically developing children. Further study is required to systematically investigate the differences in friendship quality perceptions within friendship dyads for both typically developing children and those with ASD diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Macquarie University Special Education Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia. neysapetrina@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Neysa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Petrina
authors.affiliation: Macquarie University Special Education Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: Macquarie University Special Education Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stephenson
authors.affiliation: Macquarie University Special Education Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sweller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: Autism spectrum disorder; Congruency; Friendship quality; Friendship reciprocity; Mutuality