{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,17]],"date-time":"2026-08-17T13:29:29Z","timestamp":1786973369731,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":60,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,1]],"date-time":"2026-03-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1772323200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,1]],"date-time":"2026-03-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1772323200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,13]],"date-time":"2026-01-13T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1768262400000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Acta Psychologica"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,16]],"date-time":"2026-01-16T13:33:14Z","timestamp":1768570394000},"page":"106255","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"special_numbering":"C","title":["Story worlds as social armor: Novel reading habits attenuate the autistic-traits to social anxiety pathway"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"263","author":[{"given":"GuangYuan","family":"Ma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qian","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"JingChi","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hui","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2485","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803-020-04727-6","article-title":"Assessing the effectiveness and use of bibliotherapy implementation among children with autism by board-certified behavior analysts","volume":"51","author":"Abraham","year":"2021","journal-title":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0010","series-title":"Manual for the ASEBA School-Age Forms & Profiles","author":"Achenbach","year":"2001"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1225","DOI":"10.12669\/pjms.335.12931","article-title":"Prevalence and predictors of non-suicidal self-injury among children with autism spectrum disorder","volume":"33","author":"Akram","year":"2017","journal-title":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences"},{"issue":"9","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0020","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"928","DOI":"10.1001\/jamapsychiatry.2016.1232","article-title":"Metformin for treatment of overweight induced by atypical antipsychotic medication in young people with autism spectrum disorder: A randomized clinical trial","volume":"73","author":"Anagnostou","year":"2016","journal-title":"JAMA Psychiatry"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0025","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"977","DOI":"10.1016\/j.biopsych.2022.01.016","article-title":"Association of amygdala development with different forms of anxiety in autism spectrum disorder","volume":"91","author":"Andrews","year":"2022","journal-title":"Biological Psychiatry"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0030","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"899","DOI":"10.1111\/jcpp.13925","article-title":"Testing the social motivation theory of autism: The role of co-occurring anxiety","volume":"65","author":"Bagg","year":"2023","journal-title":"Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0035","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"299","DOI":"10.1016\/j.poetic.2012.05.001","article-title":"Fiction, imagination, and social cognition: Insights from autism","volume":"40","author":"Barnes","year":"2012","journal-title":"Poetics"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0040","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"44","DOI":"10.1016\/j.socscimed.2016.07.014","article-title":"A chapter a day: Association of book reading with longevity","volume":"164","author":"Bavishi","year":"2016","journal-title":"Social Science & Medicine"},{"issue":"12","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0045","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1597","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci12121597","article-title":"Anxiety in autism spectrum disorder: Clinical characteristics and the role of the family","volume":"12","author":"Bellantoni","year":"2022","journal-title":"Brain Sciences"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0055","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"327","DOI":"10.1080\/08856257.2024.2367825","article-title":"Shared book-reading amongst parents of autistic and non-autistic children","volume":"40","author":"Bergman Deitcher","year":"2025","journal-title":"European Journal of Special Needs Education"},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0060","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2021.30272","article-title":"Risk of self-harm in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"4","author":"Blanchard","year":"2021","journal-title":"JAMA Network Open"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0065","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"9","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rasd.2017.10.001","article-title":"Social reward processing in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review of the social motivation hypothesis","volume":"45","author":"Bottini","year":"2018","journal-title":"Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0070","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"877","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803-006-0215-x","article-title":"High rates of psychiatric co-morbidity in PDD-NOS","volume":"37","author":"de Bruin","year":"2007","journal-title":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0075","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"695","DOI":"10.1007\/s10862-016-9562-x","article-title":"The Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Children: Cross-cultural assessment with a new self-report measure","volume":"38","author":"Caballo","year":"2016","journal-title":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0080","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"231","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tics.2012.02.007","article-title":"The social motivation theory of autism","volume":"16","author":"Chevallier","year":"2012","journal-title":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0085","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"972","DOI":"10.1037\/a0035483","article-title":"Susceptibility to the audience effect explains performance gap between children with and without autism in a theory of mind task","volume":"143","author":"Chevallier","year":"2014","journal-title":"Journal of Experimental Psychology: General"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0090","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"787","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803-009-0926-x","article-title":"Using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale to diagnose autism spectrum disorders","volume":"40","author":"Chlebowski","year":"2010","journal-title":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0095","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"797","DOI":"10.1001\/jamapsychiatry.2018.1100","article-title":"Evaluation of the social motivation hypothesis of autism: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"75","author":"Clements","year":"2018","journal-title":"JAMA Psychiatry"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0100","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"844","DOI":"10.1002\/ejsp.2297","article-title":"Social identity, self-esteem, and mental health in autism","volume":"47","author":"Cooper","year":"2017","journal-title":"European Journal of Social Psychology"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0105","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"281","DOI":"10.1177\/1362361313518995","article-title":"Aggression in children with autism spectrum disorders and a clinic-referred comparison group","volume":"19","author":"Farmer","year":"2015","journal-title":"Autism"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0110","first-page":"750","article-title":"Social anxiety and behavior problems in children with autism spectrum disorders","volume":"10","author":"Finke","year":"2019","journal-title":"Frontiers in Psychology"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0115","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"140","DOI":"10.1097\/DBP.0000000000001028","article-title":"Emotional and behavioral problems in youth with autism: High prevalence and impact on functioning","volume":"43","author":"Fombonne","year":"2022","journal-title":"Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0120","first-page":"983","article-title":"The relationship between autistic traits and social anxiety, worry, obsessive\u2013compulsive, and depressive symptoms: Specific and non-specific mediators in a student sample","volume":"43","author":"Freeth","year":"2013","journal-title":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0130","series-title":"Social Anxiety and Phobia in Adolescents","first-page":"121","article-title":"Assessment of social anxiety in adolescents","author":"Garc\u00eda-L\u00f3pez","year":"2015"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0135","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1155\/2011\/545901","article-title":"The broader autism phenotype and its implications on the etiology and treatment of autism spectrum disorders","volume":"2011","author":"Gerdts","year":"2011","journal-title":"Autism Research and Treatment"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0140","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"815","DOI":"10.1007\/s10802-011-9596-1","article-title":"Disentangling the associations between autistic-like and internalizing traits: A community-based twin study","volume":"40","author":"Hallett","year":"2012","journal-title":"Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0145","first-page":"103","article-title":"Understanding depression and thoughts of self-harm in autism: A potential mechanism involving loneliness","volume":"48","author":"Hedley","year":"2018","journal-title":"Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0150","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1555","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803-008-0538-x","article-title":"Factor structure, reliability and criterion validity of the autism spectrum quotient (AQ): A study in Dutch population and patient groups","volume":"38","author":"Hoekstra","year":"2008","journal-title":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0155","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"70","DOI":"10.1177\/1362361320945540","article-title":"Timing of diagnosis, depression and self-harm in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder","volume":"25","author":"Hosozawa","year":"2021","journal-title":"Autism"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0160","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1017\/S0140525X18001826","article-title":"Being versus appearing socially uninterested: Challenging assumptions about social motivation in autism","volume":"42","author":"Jaswal","year":"2019","journal-title":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0165","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"404","DOI":"10.1186\/s12888-024-05729-9","article-title":"Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in mainland China over the past 6 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"24","author":"Jiang","year":"2024","journal-title":"BMC Psychiatry"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0170","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1017\/S0140525X18002479","article-title":"Expanding the critique of the social motivation theory of autism with participatory and developmental research","volume":"42","author":"Kapp","year":"2019","journal-title":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences"},{"issue":"6156","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0175","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"377","DOI":"10.1126\/science.1239918","article-title":"Reading literary fiction improves theory of mind","volume":"342","author":"Kidd","year":"2013","journal-title":"Science"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0180","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"180","DOI":"10.1177\/1088868310377395","article-title":"Changes in dispositional empathy in American college students over time: A meta-analysis","volume":"15","author":"Konrath","year":"2010","journal-title":"Personality and Social Psychology Review"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0185","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"17","DOI":"10.1207\/s15374424jccp2201_2","article-title":"Social anxiety scale for children-revised: Factor structure and concurrent validity","volume":"22","author":"La Greca","year":"1993","journal-title":"Journal of Clinical Child Psychology"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0190","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"377","DOI":"10.5209\/rev_SJOP.2012.v15.n1.37344","article-title":"DSM-oriented scales of the Child Behavior Checklist and Youth Self-Report in clinically referred Spanish children","volume":"15","author":"Lacalle","year":"2012","journal-title":"The Spanish Journal of Psychology"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0195","first-page":"670","article-title":"Current status of social anxiety and depression among primary school students in Urumqi, China","volume":"20","author":"Lin","year":"2018","journal-title":"Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0200","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"487","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2019.00487","article-title":"Problem behavior in autism spectrum disorder: Considering core symptom severity and accompanying sleep disturbance","volume":"10","author":"Lindor","year":"2019","journal-title":"Frontiers in Psychiatry"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0205","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"81","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-publhealth-031816-044318","article-title":"The changing epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders","volume":"38","author":"Lyall","year":"2017","journal-title":"Annual Review of Public Health"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0210","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.ss7011a1","article-title":"Prevalence and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder among children aged 8 years\u2014Autism and developmental disabilities monitoring network, 11 sites, United States, 2018","volume":"70","author":"Maenner","year":"2021","journal-title":"MMWR Surveillance Summaries"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0215","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"173","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1745-6924.2008.00073.x","article-title":"The function of fiction is the abstraction and simulation of social experience","volume":"3","author":"Mar","year":"2008","journal-title":"Perspectives on Psychological Science"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0220","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"694","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jrp.2005.08.002","article-title":"Bookworms versus nerds: Exposure to fiction versus non-fiction, divergent associations with social ability, and the simulation of fictional social worlds","volume":"40","author":"Mar","year":"2006","journal-title":"Journal of Research in Personality"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0230","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"178","DOI":"10.1007\/s10862-008-9119-8","article-title":"A psychometric analysis of the Child Behavior Checklist DSM-oriented scales","volume":"31","author":"Nakamura","year":"2009","journal-title":"Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment"},{"issue":"12","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0235","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4103","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803-018-3670-2","article-title":"California autism prevalence trends from 1931 to 2014 and comparison to national ASD data","volume":"48","author":"Nevison","year":"2018","journal-title":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0240","first-page":"79","article-title":"Assessment and treatment of anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder in school settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"14","author":"Perihan","year":"2021","journal-title":"School Mental Health"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0245","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"625","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803-005-0006-9","article-title":"Multi-site study of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) in five clinical groups of young children","volume":"35","author":"Perry","year":"2005","journal-title":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0250","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"730","DOI":"10.1111\/jir.12177","article-title":"Symptom severity as a risk factor for self-injurious behaviors in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders","volume":"59","author":"Rattaz","year":"2015","journal-title":"Journal of Intellectual Disability Research"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0255","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3329","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-017-03615-x","article-title":"Reduced preference for social rewards in a novel tablet-based task in young children with autism spectrum disorders","volume":"7","author":"Ruta","year":"2017","journal-title":"Scientific Reports"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0260","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2","DOI":"10.1186\/2040-2392-6-2","article-title":"Measuring autistic traits in the general population: A systematic review of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) in a nonclinical population sample of 6,900 typical adult males and females","volume":"6","author":"Ruzich","year":"2015","journal-title":"Molecular Autism"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0265","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"795","DOI":"10.1007\/s10935-024-00789-9","article-title":"Global prevalence of social anxiety disorder in children, adolescents and youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"45","author":"Salari","year":"2024","journal-title":"Journal of Prevention"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0270","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"91","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02408436","article-title":"Toward objective classification of childhood autism: Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS)","volume":"10","author":"Schopler","year":"1980","journal-title":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0275","first-page":"2122","article-title":"Reward processing in autism: A fMRI study of social and nonsocial stimuli","volume":"48","author":"Scott-Van Zeeland","year":"2010","journal-title":"Neuropsychologia"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0280","first-page":"109","article-title":"Bibliotherapy in education: A systematic review","volume":"3","author":"Serafini","year":"2025","journal-title":"Social and Emotionally Support of Students"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0285","article-title":"Problem behavior in autism spectrum disorder: Considering core symptom severity and accompanying sleep disturbance","volume":"12","author":"Sivaratnam","year":"2021","journal-title":"Frontiers in Psychology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0290","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"302","DOI":"10.1007\/s10567-011-0097-0","article-title":"Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents with autistic spectrum disorders: A meta-analysis","volume":"14","author":"van Steensel","year":"2011","journal-title":"Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0295","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2023.1071181","article-title":"The global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder: A three-level meta-analysis","volume":"14","author":"Talantseva","year":"2023","journal-title":"Frontiers in Psychiatry"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0300","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3389\/fnins.2022.780407","article-title":"Repetitive restricted behaviors in autism spectrum disorder: From mechanism to development of therapeutics","volume":"16","author":"Tian","year":"2022","journal-title":"Frontiers in Neuroscience"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0305","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3389\/fnins.2021.660330","article-title":"Relationship between social motivation in children with autism spectrum disorder and their parents","volume":"15","author":"Uljarevi\u0107","year":"2021","journal-title":"Frontiers in Neuroscience"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0310","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"453","DOI":"10.1177\/1362361311431951","article-title":"Social anxiety mediates the effect of autism spectrum disorder characteristics on hostility in young adults","volume":"16","author":"White","year":"2012","journal-title":"Autism"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255_bb0315","series-title":"Why we read fiction: Theory of mind and the novel","author":"Zunshine","year":"2006"}],"container-title":["Acta Psychologica"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0001691826000545?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0001691826000545?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,17]],"date-time":"2026-08-17T13:10:13Z","timestamp":1786972213000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0001691826000545"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]},"references-count":60,"alternative-id":["S0001691826000545"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255","relation":{},"ISSN":["0001-6918"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0001-6918","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Story worlds as social armor: Novel reading habits attenuate the autistic-traits to social anxiety pathway","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Acta Psychologica","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.actpsy.2026.106255","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}],"article-number":"106255"}}