The Friendship Questionnaire: an investigation of adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism, and normal sex differences.

摘要: Friendship is an important part of normal social functioning, yet there are precious few instruments for measuring individual differences in this domain. In article, we report a new self-report questionnaire, the Questionnaire (FQ), use with adults intelligence. A high score on FQ achieved by respondent reporting that they enjoy close, empathic, supportive, caring friendships to them; like and interested people; interacting others its own sake. The has maximum 135 minimum zero. Study 1, carried out study n = 76 (27 males 49 females) from general population, test previously reported sex friendships. This confirmed women scored significantly higher than men. 2, employed 68 (51 males, 17 Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism theory extreme form male brain. lower both female controls 1. thus reveals difference style friendship provides support brain autism.