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Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Romantic Relationships in Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, June 2017
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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1 news outlet
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2 blogs
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187 X users
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6 Facebook pages
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2 Wikipedia pages
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1 YouTube creator

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Title
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Romantic Relationships in Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Published in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, June 2017
DOI 10.1007/s10803-017-3199-9
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Authors

J. Dewinter, H. De Graaf, S. Begeer

Abstract

This study compared sexual orientation and romantic relationship experience in a large sample of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (n = 675) and general population peers (n = 8064). Gender identity was explored in the ASD group in relation to assigned gender at birth. Compared to general population peers, more people with ASD, especially women, reported sexual attraction to both same- and opposite-sex partners. About half of the participants with ASD was in a relationship (heterosexual in most cases) and most of them lived with their partner. A notable number of autistic participants, again more women than men, reported gender non-conforming feelings. Attention to gender identity and sexual diversity in education and clinical work with people with ASD is advised.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 405 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 58 14%
Student > Master 53 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 42 10%
Researcher 28 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 24 6%
Other 68 17%
Unknown 132 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 131 32%
Social Sciences 33 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 32 8%
Neuroscience 18 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 3%
Other 30 7%
Unknown 148 37%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 159. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 October 2023.
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#259,807
of 25,579,912 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
#60
of 5,480 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#5,491
of 331,897 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
#2
of 102 outputs
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