Investigating the effects of perceived student gender on primary school teachers' recognition of autism

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dc.contributor.authorWard, Tanwen B.en_NZ
dc.contributor.authorCurtis, Cateen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorSeehagen, Sabineen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-23T18:54:57Z
dc.date.available2022-02-23T18:54:57Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractRecent research indicates that autism is under-recognized in girls and women. The current study investigated whether the gender-based assumptions of teaching staff impact the identification of autism. A survey was completed by 249 primary school teaching staff. After reading a vignette describing the behavior of a hypothetical child whose gender was randomly assigned, participants answered questions regarding possible reasons for the behavior described, including mental health and disability diagnoses and their confidence in their chosen answers. The gender of the described child was not found to have an impact on the likelihood of choosing autism as a potential diagnosis, suggesting that the participants did not make gender-based assumptions about autism characteristics. Higher qualified teachers were less confident in their answers than those with lower or no qualifications. Teachers may have more nuanced understandings of the complexities of autism than had been expected. Further research into the effect of gender on autism identification is needed.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/pits.22667en_NZ
dc.identifier.eissn1520-6807en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn0033-3085en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/14754
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherWileyen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfPsychology in the Schoolsen_NZ
dc.rightsThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. © 2022 The Authors. Psychology in the Schools Published by Wiley Periodicals LLC
dc.titleInvestigating the effects of perceived student gender on primary school teachers' recognition of autismen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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pubs.owner.emailccurtis@waikato.ac.nz
pubs.owner.nameCurtis, Teresa
pubs.publication-statusPublished onlineen_NZ
pubs.user.infoCurtis, Teresa (ccurtis@waikato.ac.nz)
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