Autism as a multicausal system

Looking at the literature concerned with psychometric models, the field of psychological science has been in transition for quite some time now. Inspired by theoretical developments away from reductionism alongside statistical and technical advances, a novel complexity-based paradigm has emerged and taken the field by storm. This thesis might be considered a first stepping stone towards the application of statistical translations of this complexity-based paradigm to the autism realm. More importantly, however, it might pave the way towards more formal models connecting different levels of factors and mechanisms that drive atypical development and its consequences.