Research on the bidirectional relationships

The gap

Evidence profile

Sourced from the stated research gap and future-work section and stated challenges of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1978 and 2026, spanning 5 journals. Those papers have been cited 937 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• The Role of Peer Victimisation and Parental Mental Health in Internalising Problems: Examining Bidirectional Relationships Across Childhood and Adolescence in Autistic Youth (2026) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · cited 1× · doi

  There is a lack of research on the bidirectional relationships between internalising symptoms, parental mental health, and peer victimisation in autistic children and young people. Prior work has focused on non-autistic youth, and it is unclear whether the findings generalize to autistic peers.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: there lack research bidirectional relationships between internalising symptoms
• School Anxiety Experienced by Autistic Children: A Systematic Review of Contributing Factors (2026) · School Mental Health · doi

  Future research should prioritize the perspectives and experiences of Autistic individuals and communities. The study suggests that future research should investigate the interrelations and deeper macrosystemic mechanisms underlying school anxiety among Autistic learners. The review highlights the need for more diverse and representative samples in future research.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future research prioritize perspectives experiences autistic individuals communities
• Emotion- and Region-Specific Gaze Differences in Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (2026) · Psychiatry Investigation · doi

  One challenge is the complexity of autism spectrum disorder and its impact on social communication and emotional face processing. Another challenge is the lack of understanding of the familial susceptibility to ASD. The study also faces the challenge of developing effective interventions aimed at improving social communication skills in individuals with ASD.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: one challenge complexity autism spectrum disorder impact social
• THE AUTISTIC CHILD'S APPRAISAL OF EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTION (1986) · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · cited 443× · doi

  Future research should aim to develop interventions aimed at improving the social skills of autistic children. Future research should investigate the ability of autistic children to recognize emotions from facial expressions and contexts in more natural social situations. Future research should aim to understand the underlying mechanisms of the social disability of autistic children.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future research aim develop interventions aimed improving social
• Testing the relationships between facial emotion recognition, levels of Autistic traits, and eye gaze patterns (2026) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi

  Investigating the relationship between Autistic traits and emotion recognition in different contexts, - Examining the neural mechanisms underlying emotion recognition difficulties in individuals with Autistic traits, - Developing interventions to improve emotion recognition in individuals with Autistic traits

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: investigating relationship between autistic traits emotion recognition different
• Reading Minds in Stories: Neural Dynamics of Affective Perspective-Taking Skills in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (2026) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · cited 1× · doi

  Future studies should investigate the neural mechanisms underlying affective perspective-taking skills in ASD. Further research is needed to develop effective interventions to improve affective perspective-taking skills in autistic children. The study's findings suggest that narrative tasks may be a useful tool for assessing affective perspective-taking skills in ASD.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future studies investigate neural mechanisms underlying affective perspective-taking
• RECOGNITION OF FACES: AN APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF AUTISM (1978) · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · cited 362× · doi

  Future studies should examine the ability of autistic children to recognize faces in more naturalistic settings. Future studies should investigate the neural basis of facial recognition in autistic children. Future studies should develop interventions to improve social communication in autistic children.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: future studies examine ability autistic children recognize faces
• Conceptual problem-solving in highly verbal, nonretarded autistic men (1985) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · cited 130× · doi

  Future studies should investigate the relationship between deficits in conceptual problem-solving and social-adaptive impairments in autism. Future studies should examine the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving conceptual problem-solving in autistic individuals. Future studies should investigate the use of other measures to assess conceptual problem-solving in autism.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: future studies investigate relationship between deficits conceptual problem-solving

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