Stalking, and social and romantic functioning among adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder Stokes, Mark, Newton, Naomi and Kaur, Archana 2007, Stalking, and social and romantic functioning among adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder, Journal of autism and developmental disorders, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 1969-1986, doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0344-2. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Stalking, and social and romantic functioning among adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder Author(s) Stokes, Mark orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-4544 Newton, Naomi Kaur, Archana Journal name Journal of autism and developmental disorders Volume number 37 Issue number 10 Start page 1969 End page 1986 Publisher Springer New York LLC Place of publication United States Publication date 2007-11 ISSN 0162-3257 1573-3432 Keyword(s) autism high-functioning-autism social skills sexual behaviour stalking Summary We examine the nature and predictors of social and romantic functioning in adolescents and adults with ASD. Parental reports were obtained for 25 ASD adolescents and adults (13–36 years), and 38 typical adolescents and adults (13–30 years). The ASD group relied less upon peers and friends for social (OR = 52.16, p < .01) and romantic learning (OR = 38.25, p < .01). Individuals with ASD were more likely to engage in inappropriate courting behaviours (χ2 df = 19 = 3168.74, p < .001) and were more likely to focus their attention upon celebrities, strangers, colleagues, and ex-partners (χ2 df = 5 = 2335.40, p < .001), and to pursue their target longer than controls (t = −2.23, df = 18.79, p < .05). These results show that the diagnosis of ASD is pertinent when individuals are prosecuted under stalking legislation in various jurisdictions. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s10803-006-0344-2 Field of Research 170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2007, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003918 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connected to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 23:58:51 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 19:37:44 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 134 times in TR Web of Science Cited 139 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1334 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:06:55 EST