title: Reputation Management in Children on the Autism Spectrum.
abstract: Being able to manage reputation is an important social skill, but it is unclear whether autistic children can manage reputation. This study investigated whether 33 autistic children matched to 33 typical children could implicitly or explicitly manage reputation. Further, we examined whether cognitive processes-theory of mind, social motivation, inhibitory control and reciprocity-contribute to reputation management. Results showed that neither group implicitly managed reputation, and there was no group difference in explicit reputation management. Results suggested different mechanisms contribute to reputation management in these groups-social motivation in typical children and reciprocity in autistic children. Explicit reputation management is achievable for autistic children, and there are individual differences in its relationship to underlying cognitive processes.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE), Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK. Eilidh.cage@rhul.ac.uk.|Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK. Eilidh.cage@rhul.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Eilidh
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cage
authors.affiliation: MRC Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, London, UK.|Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE), Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK.|School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pellicano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012919:Social Behavior; D056345:Theory of Mind
keywords: Autism; Inhibitory control; Reciprocity; Reputation management; Social motivation; Theory of mind