主持人：姜忠信 教授
Sex and Gender-Based Diagnostic Disparities in Autism
演講時間：2025 年 11 月 28 日（五）10:00–11:00
演講地點：國立政治大學 商館 260315 教室
講者
Ingrid S. Tien (田緒茵), PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada
Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health
Education
PhD, Human Development & Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Minor: Advanced Quantitative Methodology
MA, Human Development & Psychology, UCLA
BA, Psychology, UCLA
演講摘要
This talk integrates two studies across five papers examining how sex and gender shape autism diagnosis, focusing on two central findings supported by large-scale quantitative and qualitative analyses.
First, sex-based measurement invariance analysis of ADOS-II data from the National Database of Autism Research reveals consistent sex differences in symptom scores and indicates that several items function differently for males and females, suggesting that commonly used diagnostic tools may reflect a male-oriented measurement structure.
Second, qualitative interviews with autistic adults illustrate how gendered expectations, masking behaviors, and clinician bias contribute to delayed or missed diagnoses.
Together, these studies highlight the interplay of structural and social factors in shaping autistic identification and underscore the need for gender-informed diagnostic practices.
