Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders最新文献

Correction: Caregivers' Assessment of the Sensory Processing Patterns Exhibited by Children with Autism in the Gulf Region.

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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-12-20 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06679-7

Rehab H Alsaedi, Suzanne Carrington, James J Watters

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Breastfeeding Journeys: Comparing Mothers' Experiences with Autistic and Neurotypical Infants.

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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06669-9

Amy A Campbell, Julie Barroso, Mulubrhan Mogos, Amy Weitlauf, Sharon M Karp

{"title":"Breastfeeding Journeys: Comparing Mothers' Experiences with Autistic and Neurotypical Infants.","authors":"Amy A Campbell, Julie Barroso, Mulubrhan Mogos, Amy Weitlauf, Sharon M Karp","doi":"10.1007/s10803-024-06669-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06669-9","url":null,"abstract":"Breastfeeding is a complex task that requires proficiency at several key developmental skills to feed successfully. It is unclear how Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects an infant's breastfeeding experience and conflicting reports exist on shortened breastfeeding duration in infants later diagnosed with ASD. The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of mothers breastfeeding both their autistic and neurotypical children to better understand the differences in their breastfeeding experiences and maternal and infant factors that contributed to breastfeeding cessation in their autistic child. Twenty-four mothers of an autistic child who had feeding difficulties in the first 12 months of life, initiated breastfeeding, and also had a neurotypical child participated in semi-structured interviews regarding breastfeeding initiation, cessation, and challenges encountered during breastfeeding. Analysis revealed four major themes: (1) the struggle with latch, including infant behavior that hindered latching; (2) breastfeeding challenges, including problematic breastfeeding behavior by the infant; (3) cessation of breastfeeding, including physical symptoms of the infant that lead to breastfeeding cessation; and (4) breastfeeding the neurotypical sibling, including mother's detection of different breastfeeding behaviors in neurotypical and autistic child. Breastfeeding behaviors described by mothers may indicate early signs of autism including early sensory sensitivity, lack of regulation, repetitive behaviors, and impaired social behaviors. Further research is needed to discern if these breastfeeding behaviors can be used to help identify early signs of autism and employed as additional surveillance for neurodevelopmental concerns at a young age.","PeriodicalId":15148,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142853840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Decreasing Agitation in Neurodiverse Patients with Mental Health Concerns.

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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06690-y

Diana Hou Yan, Avery Jeon, Yunfai Ng, Alexa Rivera, Lauren Donnelly, Lorien Baker, Manuela P Zisu, Czer Anthoney Lim

{"title":"Decreasing Agitation in Neurodiverse Patients with Mental Health Concerns.","authors":"Diana Hou Yan, Avery Jeon, Yunfai Ng, Alexa Rivera, Lauren Donnelly, Lorien Baker, Manuela P Zisu, Czer Anthoney Lim","doi":"10.1007/s10803-024-06690-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06690-y","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Children and adolescents are experiencing a mental health crisis. Neurodiverse patients have high rates of mental health conditions and worse outcomes. To address this disparity, the Autism Spectrum Disorder Care Pathway was applied to a pediatric emergency department (PED) and Observation Unit (OU) in order to decrease agitation experienced by these patients.Methods: This prospective cohort study was in a community-based PED and OU from June 2023 to February 2024. A medical education curriculum consisting of a multidisciplinary champion training and toolkit rollout was completed. Agitation was measured by the Behavioral Activity Rating Scale. The primary aim was to decrease frequency of agitation experienced by neurodiverse patients at any point in the PED/OU. The secondary outcome was to decrease pharmacologic intervention and physical restraint use.Results: We captured data from a total of 45 patients, with 19 baseline patients and 26 patients in the intervention group. At baseline, 9 out of 19 (47%) patients experienced agitation at some point in their PED/OU stay. After implementation of the curriculum, agitation levels decreased to 6 out of 26 (23%) patients (p = 0.04). Inter-rater reliability was 0.95. There were 3 incidences of pharmacologic intervention and no physical restraint use.Conclusions: This pilot medical education curriculum for PED and OU staff members decreased agitation in neurodiverse patients who presented for mental health complaints. This study is the foundation for expansion of the curriculum for use in general emergency departments.","PeriodicalId":15148,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142853844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Correction: The Chinese 10-Item Empathy Quotient and Systemising Quotient-Revised: Internal Consistency, Test-Retest Reliability, Known-Groups Validity, and Sex Differences in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults.

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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06692-w

Karson T F Kung

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Growth Trajectories of Joint Attention and Play as Predictors for Language in Young Children at Elevated Likelihood for Autism.

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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06685-9

Floor Moerman, Hanna Van de Vyver, Petra Warreyn, Maide Erdogan, Ilse Noens, Maithri Sivaraman, Fieke Vlaeminck, Steven Wallaert, Herbert Roeyers

{"title":"Growth Trajectories of Joint Attention and Play as Predictors for Language in Young Children at Elevated Likelihood for Autism.","authors":"Floor Moerman, Hanna Van de Vyver, Petra Warreyn, Maide Erdogan, Ilse Noens, Maithri Sivaraman, Fieke Vlaeminck, Steven Wallaert, Herbert Roeyers","doi":"10.1007/s10803-024-06685-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06685-9","url":null,"abstract":"This longitudinal study investigated the predictive value of initial level and growth rate of joint attention and play from 10 to 24 months for language abilities of 24-month-old toddlers at elevated likelihood (EL) for autism. (Semi-)structured assessments were used to measure all variables at different timepoints prospectively in younger siblings of children with autism (siblings, n = 48) and children born before 30 gestational weeks (preterms, n = 49). A positive association was found between initial level of play at 10 months and expressive language at 24 months in siblings, but not in preterms. We did not find an association between initial level of play and receptive language. Growth rate of play and initial level and growth rate of joint attention were not related to language abilities in siblings and preterms. Our results indicate that play and expressive language are interrelated, and early play behaviour may contribute to later language. As this association was absent in preterms, they may follow qualitatively different developmental processes. Moreover, future research including different EL-groups is needed to clarify these differential associations. In contrast to previous studies, no association between early joint attention and later language was found. These inconsistent findings warrant further exploration and highlight the importance of exploring alternative aspects of early development, for instance non-social factors, to expand our understanding of language acquisition.","PeriodicalId":15148,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring the Interpersonal Goals of Autistic and Neurotypical Adolescents Who Bully Others.

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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06683-x

Elian Fink, Samantha Friedman, Tjeert Olthof, Sandra van der Meijden, Frits Goossens, Sander Begeer

{"title":"Exploring the Interpersonal Goals of Autistic and Neurotypical Adolescents Who Bully Others.","authors":"Elian Fink, Samantha Friedman, Tjeert Olthof, Sandra van der Meijden, Frits Goossens, Sander Begeer","doi":"10.1007/s10803-024-06683-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06683-x","url":null,"abstract":"The current study examined the association between interpersonal social goals (i.e., agentic and communal goals) and bullying behaviour for autistic adolescents (n = 108, Mage = 15.25 years, SD = 1.65) and neurotypical adolescents (n = 592, Mage = 13 years, SD = 0.5). Bullying behaviour was assessed using both self- and peer-reported measures. Agentic and communal social goals were assessed using the child version of the Interpersonal Goal Index. Measurement properties of the Interpersonal Goal Index were first examined, and some features were found to differ across autistic and neurotypical adolescents. Bullying behaviour was associated with agentic goals for neurotypical adolescents whereas communal goals were associated with bullying for autistic adolescents, suggesting a mismatch between social goals and social behaviours for this group. This insight suggests that the dynamics of bullying behaviour differ between neurotypical and autistic adolescents, and highlight the need for the development of autistic-led assessment and support for bullying.","PeriodicalId":15148,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Systematic Review of Implicit Versus Explicit Social Skills Group Programs in Different Settings for School-Aged Autistic Children and Adolescents.

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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06657-z

Bahareh Afsharnejad, Patrice Whitehorne Smith, Sven Bölte, Ben Milbourn, Sonya Girdler

{"title":"A Systematic Review of Implicit Versus Explicit Social Skills Group Programs in Different Settings for School-Aged Autistic Children and Adolescents.","authors":"Bahareh Afsharnejad, Patrice Whitehorne Smith, Sven Bölte, Ben Milbourn, Sonya Girdler","doi":"10.1007/s10803-024-06657-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06657-z","url":null,"abstract":"This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to identify and evaluate the quality of randomised controlled trials (RCTs), assessing the efficacy of Social Skills Group Programs (SSGPs) for primary and secondary school aged autistic children and adolescents exploring the influence of informant, setting characteristics and teaching strategies as moderating factors for social outcomes. A search of the electronic databases of Medline, ProQuest, CINAHL, Scopus, and Web of Sciences electronic databases was conducted for the period January 1, 2013 until December 31, 2023 for peer-reviewed RCT studies published in English, evaluating the efficacy of SSGPs for school-aged autistic children and adolescents (6-18 years). Included studies were assessed for methodological quality and efficacy using random effect meta-analysis. Informant analysis and moderator analyses were also conducted investigating the influence of informant, setting characteristics and teaching strategy utilised in the SSGPs on the participants social outcomes. Sixty-five studies were included in the systematic review with 49 studies included in the meta-analysis. Although most studies had strong or good methodological quality, a high possibility of publication bias was detected in the meta-analysis. After statistical adjustments for publication bias were made, findings revealed that SSGPs had no effect on the overall outcomes assessed by included studies on school-aged autistic children and adolescents. However, informant analysis revealed small effects reported by self-report, parent-proxy and researchers. Teaching strategies and setting characteristics were not significant moderators for the efficacy of SSGPs on the social outcomes of autistic children and adolescents. This review highlights the need for improvements in measurement frameworks for assessing social skills in autistic children and adolescents.","PeriodicalId":15148,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Brief Report: Psychometric Properties of the Brief Problem Monitor-Parent (BPM-P) 6-18 in a Sample of Children Referred to an Autism Specialty Clinic.

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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-12-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06676-w

Linnea A Lampinen, Shuting Zheng, Lindsay Olson, Somer L Bishop

{"title":"Brief Report: Psychometric Properties of the Brief Problem Monitor-Parent (BPM-P) 6-18 in a Sample of Children Referred to an Autism Specialty Clinic.","authors":"Linnea A Lampinen, Shuting Zheng, Lindsay Olson, Somer L Bishop","doi":"10.1007/s10803-024-06676-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06676-w","url":null,"abstract":"Detection and monitoring of emotional and behavior problems is a critical part of clinical care for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), as well as a common focus of research. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) is a well-established caregiver-report instrument that is used for screening and monitoring of emotional and behavior problems in individuals diagnosed with ASD and NDDs. However, it has over 100 items and can be time-consuming to complete. The Brief Problem Monitor Parent Report (BPM-P; Achenbach et al. 2011) includes a subset of the CBCL items and is intended for monitoring emotional and behavior problems. However, its validity has not been examined in ASD or NDD samples. Data from 302 children ages 6-18 years whose caregivers had completed the CBCL were drawn from a clinical research databank. Confirmatory factor analysis of the BPM-P three-factor structure had mixed findings. All BPM-P scales had acceptable internal consistency, and agreement between the BPM-P cutoffs and the corresponding CBCL clinical cutoffs was acceptable for the broad problem scales. The Attention scale demonstrated high sensitivity, but poor specificity. Results provide initial evidence that the BPM-P may be a useful alternative to the CBCL, producing comparable information for broad problems, while requiring much less time from caregivers. BPM-P users may want to consider the Attention scale separately due to poor specificity compared to the CBCL. These results will need to be replicated using larger samples and independent administrations of the BPM-P and the CBCL.","PeriodicalId":15148,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142823755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Altered Temporospatial Variability of Dynamic Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-12-11 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06661-3

Xiaonan Guo, Xueting Wang, Rongjuan Zhou, Dong Cui, Junfeng Liu, Le Gao

{"title":"Altered Temporospatial Variability of Dynamic Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.","authors":"Xiaonan Guo, Xueting Wang, Rongjuan Zhou, Dong Cui, Junfeng Liu, Le Gao","doi":"10.1007/s10803-024-06661-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06661-3","url":null,"abstract":"Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with altered brain activity. However, little is known about the integrated temporospatial variation of dynamic spontaneous brain activity in ASD. In the present study, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data were analyzed for 105 ASD and 102 demographically-matched typically developmental controls (TC) children obtained from the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange database. Using the sliding-window approach, temporal, spatial, and temporospatial variability of dynamic amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (tvALFF, svALFF, and tsvALFF) were calculated for each participant. Group-comparisons were further performed at global, network, and brain region levels to quantify differences between ASD and TC groups. The relationship between temporospatial dynamic amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation variation alterations and clinical symptoms of ASD was finally explored by a support vector regression model. Relative to TC, we found enhanced tvALFF in visual network (Vis), somatomotor network (SMT), and salience/ventral attention network (SVA) of ASD, and weakened tvALFF in dorsal attention network (DAN) of ASD. Besides, ASD showed decreased svALFF in Vis, SVA, and limbic network (Limbic), and increased svALFF in DAN and default mode network (DMN). Elevated tsvALFF was found in the Vis, SMT, and DMN of ASD. More importantly, the altered tsvALFF from the DMN can predict the symptom severity of ASD. These findings demonstrate altered temporospatial dynamics of the spontaneous brain activity in ASD and provide novel insights into the neural mechanism underlying ASD.","PeriodicalId":15148,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142813177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Can a Culturally Adapted Autism Training Reduce Stigma Towards Autistic People in South Korea?

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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-12-11 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06664-0

So Yoon Kim, So-Yeon Kim, Hyunjo Ji, Wn-Ho Yoon, Kristen Gillespie-Lynch

{"title":"Can a Culturally Adapted Autism Training Reduce Stigma Towards Autistic People in South Korea?","authors":"So Yoon Kim, So-Yeon Kim, Hyunjo Ji, Wn-Ho Yoon, Kristen Gillespie-Lynch","doi":"10.1007/s10803-024-06664-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06664-0","url":null,"abstract":"This randomized controlled trial examined the effectiveness of an online autism training intervention in reducing stigma toward autistic individuals. Participants were 208 Korean undergraduate students who were blinded to group allocation, with 106 assigned to the autism training and 102 assigned to a control intervention. All participants completed an online Qualtrics survey that included a pre-test survey (perceived similarity to different minority groups), the training, and a post-test survey (perceived similarity, stigma toward autistic people, knowledge about autism, confidence in their knowledge, and open-responses question asking for descriptions of autism). We conducted independent sample t tests and a mixed-effects model to examine group-level differences, and a reliable change index (RCI) analysis to examine individual changes in the perceived similarity score. The responses to the open-ended questions were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results revealed that the experimental group reported reduced stigma toward autistic individuals, increased perceived similarity with autistic individuals, and increased confidence in their autism knowledge and demonstrated increased knowledge about autism compared to the control group. At the individual level, the RCI analysis indicated that the training was effective for a notable subset of participants (25%). At post-test, the experimental group recognized the strengths of autistic people and described autistic individuals as \"people like us,\" while many in the control group mentioned misconceptions about autism. Future research should employ more robust intervention designs and tailor materials for diverse target populations, including administrators, to foster systemic destigmatization.","PeriodicalId":15148,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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