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Mental Health Correlates and Potential Childhood Predictors for the Wish to Be of the Opposite Sex in Young Autistic Adults
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Chang, Jung-Chi; Lai, Meng-Chuan; Tai, Yueh-Ming; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Cross-sectional research has demonstrated the overrepresentation of gender dysphoria in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder. However, the predictors and underlying mechanisms of this co-occurrence remain unclear. This follow-up study aimed to explore baseline (childhood/adolescence) predictors for the follow-up (adulthood)…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mental Health, Correlation
Parenting Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Taiwanese Mothers of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Association with Children's Behavioural Problems
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Hou, Yuh-Ming; Stewart, Lydia; Iao, Lai-Sang; Wu, Chin-Chin – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: This study examined the severity of parenting stress and depressive symptoms in Taiwanese mothers of young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to mothers of young children with developmental delay (DD). The associations between parenting stress, depressive symptoms, and children's behavioural problems were also…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Problems
Psychological Factors Associated with Genetic Test Decision-Making among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Taiwan
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Xu, Lei; Richman, Alice R. – International Journal of Special Education, 2015
Making decisions to undergo Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) genetic testing can be challenging. It is important to understand how the perceptions of affected individuals might influence testing decision-making. Although evidence has shown that psychological factors are important in predicting testing decisions, affect-type variables have been…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Parents, Children, Genetics
Stability and Change of Cognitive Attributes in Children with Uneven/Delayed Cognitive Development from Preschool through Childhood
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Yang, Pinchen; Lung, For-Wey; Jong, Yuh-Jyh; Hsu, Hsiu-Yi; Chen, Cheng-Chung – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
As part of an ongoing clinical service program for children with developmental delay in an Asian developing country, we analyzed the cognitive attributes of 362 Taiwanese children (average age 48.5 plus or minus 12.9 month-old) with uneven/delayed cognitive development as they were assessed repeatedly with average duration of 39.7 plus or…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Gender Differences, Mental Retardation, Autism