Psychiatry Investig.  2021 May;18(5):417-425. 10.30773/pi.2020.0251.

The Prediction Analysis of Autistic and Schizotypal Traits in Attentional Networks

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurology, Yangpu Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
  • 2Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
  • 3Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, China
  • 4Collaborative Innovation Center of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Hefei, China
  • 5Department of Medical Psychology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
  • 6Key Laboratory of Xin’an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
  • 7The Fourth People’s Hospital of Wuhu, Wuhu, China

Abstract


Objective
Empirical findings confirmed that autistic and schizotypal traits are associated with attentional function as well as include various dimensions. So far, no study has reported which dimension of these traits relates to attentional networks. This study aimed to find out whether there are associations between attentional networks and autistic traits; and between attentional networks and schizotypal traits.
Methods
A total of 449 volunteers was included in this study, and autism-spectrum quotient (AQ), schizotypal personality questionnaire (SPQ), and attention network test (ANT) were used to measure autistic traits and schizotypal traits. The three independent attentional networks, including alerting network, orienting network, and executive control network, were also measured.
Results
Autistic traits were associated with the orienting network, whereas schizotypal traits were associated with the orienting network and executive control network. Furthermore, attentional networks could be predicted by specific dimensions of autistic and schizotypal traits. AQ-attention switching [0.104 (-1.175– -0.025), p=0.041] and AQ-attention to detail [-0.097 (-0.798– -0.001), p=0.049] were significant predictors of orienting network and gender were significant predictor of executive network (Beta=0.107; 95% CI=-0.476–10.139; p=0.031). Whereas, schizotypal dimension “interpersonal” was a significant predictor of all three attentional networks [Alerting: 0.147 (-0.010–0.861), p=0.045; Orienting: 0.147 (0.018–0.733), p=0.040; Executive: 0.198 (0.215–1.309), p=0.006].
Conclusion
This study demonstrated that autistic and schizotypal traits were associated with attentional networks. The specific dimensions of autistic and schizotypal traits could predict attentional networks. Nevertheless, the attentional networks predicted with these two traits were different.

Keyword

Autistic traits, Schizotypal traits, Attentional networks
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