title: Psychosexual Functioning of Cognitively-able Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder Compared to Typically Developing Peers: The Development and Testing of the Teen Transition Inventory- a Self- and Parent Report Questionnaire on Psychosexual Functioning.
abstract: To gain further insight into psychosexual functioning, including behaviors, intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects, in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), comprehensive, multi-informant measures are needed. This study describes (1) the development of a new measure of psychosexual functioning in both parent- and self-reports (Teen Transition Inventory; TTI) covering all three domains of psychosexual functioning (i.e. psychosexual socialization, psychosexual selfhood, and sexual/intimate behavior). And (2) the initial testing of this instrument, comparing adolescents with ASD (n = 79 parent-report; n = 58 self-report) to Typically Developing (TD) adolescents (n = 131 parent-report; n = 91 self-report) while taking into account gender as a covariate. Results from both informants indicate more difficulties regarding psychosexual socialization and psychosexual selfhood in the ASD group. With regard to sexual/intimate behavior, only parents reported significantly more problems in adolescents with ASD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/psychology, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Wytemaweg 8, Room KP 2881, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. l.p.dekker@erasmusmc.nl.|Yulius Academy & Yulius Autism, Yulius, Mental Health Organisation, Dennenhout 1, 2994 GC, Barendrecht, The Netherlands. l.p.dekker@erasmusmc.nl.
authors.forename: Linda P
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5720-3296
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Dekker
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/psychology, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Wytemaweg 8, Room KP 2881, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.|Yulius Academy & Yulius Autism, Yulius, Mental Health Organisation, Dennenhout 1, 2994 GC, Barendrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Esther J M
authors.initials: EJM
authors.lastname: van der Vegt
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/psychology, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Wytemaweg 8, Room KP 2881, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Ende
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/psychology, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Wytemaweg 8, Room KP 2881, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.|Yulius Academy & Yulius Autism, Yulius, Mental Health Organisation, Dennenhout 1, 2994 GC, Barendrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Nouchka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tick
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/psychology, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Wytemaweg 8, Room KP 2881, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.|Yulius Academy & Yulius Autism, Yulius, Mental Health Organisation, Dennenhout 1, 2994 GC, Barendrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Anneke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Louwerse
authors.affiliation: Yulius Academy & Yulius Autism, Yulius, Mental Health Organisation, Dennenhout 1, 2994 GC, Barendrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maras
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/psychology, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Wytemaweg 8, Room KP 2881, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Frank C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Verhulst
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/psychology, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Wytemaweg 8, Room KP 2881, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.|Yulius Academy & Yulius Autism, Yulius, Mental Health Organisation, Dennenhout 1, 2994 GC, Barendrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Kirstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Greaves-Lord
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010379:Peer Group; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010865:Pilot Projects; D057566:Self Report / Q000592:standards; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescence; Autism spectrum disorder; Comprehensive measure; Psychosexual; Typically developing