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Reply to Taylor et al.: Acknowledging the multidimensionality of autism when predicting social psychological skill

Anton Gollwitzer, Cameron Martel, James C. McPartland, and John A. Bargh
PNAS December 17, 2019 116 (51) 25380-25381; first published December 10, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918513116

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We agree with Taylor et al. (1) that there is value in examining the link between autism and social psychological skill (SPS) in terms of the subdimensions of autism. However, we note that even if autism has a multidimensional structure, the overall relationship we observed between autism and SPS remains valid (2). That is, the multidimensionality of a construct does not negate overall links between that construct and other variables, though such multidimensionality may help inform and provide additional insight into these links (3).

Although we agree that examining the subdimensions of autism can help shed additional light on our findings, in contrast …

↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: anton.gollwitzer{at}yale.edu.

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Reply to Taylor et al.: Acknowledging the multidimensionality of autism when predicting social psychological skill
Anton Gollwitzer, Cameron Martel, James C. McPartland, John A. Bargh
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Dec 2019, 116 (51) 25380-25381; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1918513116
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