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Kimberly L. H. Carpenter; Naomi O. Davis; Marina Spanos; Maura Sabatos-DeVito; Rachel Aiello; Grace T. Baranek; Scott N. Compton; Helen L. Egger; Lauren Franz; Soo-Jeong Kim; Bryan H. King; Alexander Kolevzon; Christopher J. McDougle; Kevin Sanders; Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele; Linmarie Sikich; Scott H. Kollins; Geraldine Dawson – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms affect 40-60% of autistic children and have been linked to differences in adaptive behavior. It is unclear whether adaptive behavior in autistic youth is directly impacted by co-occurring ADHD symptoms or by another associated feature of both autism and ADHD, such as increased irritability.…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Behavior Problems, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Löytömäki, Joanna; Laakso, Marja-Leena; Huttunen, Kerttu – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Children with neurodevelopmental disorders often have social-emotional and behavioural difficulties. The present study explored these difficulties in children (n = 50, aged 6-10 years) with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and developmental language disorder. Parents, teachers and therapists evaluated children's…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Affective Behavior, Behavior Problems, Children
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Mayes, Susan D.; Calhoun, Susan L.; Baweja, Raman; Waschbusch, Daniel A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
No study has analyzed the relative occurrence of a broad range of symptoms reported by mothers of children with autism, ADHD-Combined, and ADHD-Inattentive and typical controls. Mothers rated 1436 children with autism, 1056 with ADHD without autism, and 186 controls, 2-17 years, on 41 internalizing, externalizing, neurodevelopmental, and somatic…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Mothers
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Hu, Huei-Fan; Liu, Tai-Ling; Hsiao, Ray C.; Ni, Hsing-Chang; Liang, Sophie Hsin-Yi; Lin, Chiao-Fan; Chan, Hsiang-Lin; Hsieh, Yi-Hsuan; Wang, Liang-Jen; Lee, Min-Jing; Chou, Wen-Jiun; Yen, Cheng-Fang – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
The present study examined the associations between cyberbullying involvement and sociodemographic characteristics, autistic social impairment and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms in 219 adolescents with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Moreover, the associations between…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
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Whitney, Rondalyn V.; Smith, Gigi – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
This study examines emotional disclosure through the activity of journaling as a means of coping with maternal stress associated with parenting a child with disruptive behaviors. Through a randomized control and pre-test post-test study design of an online journal writing intervention, change to maternal stress and quality of mother-child…
Descriptors: Mothers, Anxiety, Parent Child Relationship, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
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Deckers, Anne; Muris, Peter; Roelofs, Jeffrey; Arntz, Arnoud – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
A social skills training (SST) for high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) was evaluated in an outpatient setting using a combined between- and within-subject design in which SST and a waiting list condition were compared. According to parents and teachers, the SST produced greater improvement of social skills than the…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Skill Development, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Williamson, Edwin D.; Martin, Andres – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
Medications are widely prescribed in children with autism spectrum disorders. Most commonly these medications are used to decrease symptoms that fall under three main clusters: irritability, ADHD-like symptoms, and repetitive behaviors. In this guide we introduce basic approaches to medications in children with autism and review the scientific…
Descriptors: Autism, Drug Therapy, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Fine, Jodene Goldenring; Semrud-Clikeman, Margaret; Butcher, Brianne; Walkowiak, Jennifer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
A measure of social perception (CASP) was used to assess differences in social perception among typically developing children, children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), and children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Significant between-group differences were found in recognition of emotions in video, with children…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Attention, Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Gadow, Kenneth D.; DeVincent, Carla; Schneider, Jayne – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
This study examined mental health risk/protective factors for DSM-IV psychiatric symptoms in children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their contribution to functioning separate from ASD symptom severity. Mothers/teachers completed measures of risk/protection and social, adaptive, and school functioning in 6- to 12-year-olds with a…
Descriptors: Autism, Hyperactivity, Mental Health, Psychopathology