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Evidence for Specificity of Motor Impairments in Catching and Balance in Children with Autism
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Ament, Katarina; Mejia, Amanda; Buhlman, Rebecca; Erklin, Shannon; Caffo, Brian; Mostofsky, Stewart; Wodka, Ericka – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
To evaluate evidence for motor impairment specificity in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children completed performance-based assessment of motor functioning (Movement Assessment Battery for Children: MABC-2). Logistic regression models were used to predict group membership. In the models…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Children
An International Clinical Study of Ability and Disability in Autism Spectrum Disorder Using the WHO-ICF Framework
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Mahdi, Soheil; Albertowski, Katja; Almodayfer, Omar; Arsenopoulou, Vaia; Carucci, Sara; Dias, José Carlos; Khalil, Mohammad; Knüppel, Ane; Langmann, Anika; Lauritsen, Marlene Briciet; da Cunha, Graccielle Rodrigues; Uchiyama, Tokio; Wolff, Nicole; Selb, Melissa; Granlund, Mats; de Vries, Petrus J.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Bölte, Sven – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
This is the fourth international preparatory study designed to develop International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF, and Children and Youth version, ICF-CY) Core Sets for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Examine functioning of individuals diagnosed with ASD as documented by the ICF-CY in a variety of clinical settings. A…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Models
Subgrouping Autism Based on Symptom Severity Leads to Differences in the Degree of Convergence between Core Feature Domains
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Whitten, Allison; Unruh, Kathryn E.; Shafer, Robin L.; Bodfish, James W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Existing models of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) disagree as to whether the core features should be conceptualized as convergent (related) or divergent (unrelated), and the few previous studies addressing this question have found conflicting results. We examined standardized parent ratings of symptoms from three domains (social, communication,…
Descriptors: Autism, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Genetics
The Latent Structure of Autistic Traits: A Taxometric, Latent Class and Latent Profile Analysis of the Adult Autism Spectrum Quotient
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James, Richard J.; Dubey, Indu; Smith, Danielle; Ropar, Danielle; Tunney, Richard J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Autistic traits are widely thought to operate along a continuum. A taxometric analysis of Adult Autism Spectrum Quotient data was conducted to test this assumption, finding little support but identifying a high severity taxon. To understand this further, latent class and latent profile models were estimated that indicated the presence of six…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Data Interpretation
Beyond Modularisation: The Need of a Socio-Neuro-Constructionist Model of Autism
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López, Beatriz – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Autism is a "developmental" disorder defined by "social and communication" impairments. Current theoretical approaches and research studies however conceptualise autism as both static and independent from the social context in which it develops. Two lines of research stand out from this general trend. First, research from the…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Research
Emotion Dysregulation and Anxiety in Adults with ASD: Does Social Motivation Play a Role?
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Swain, Deanna; Scarpa, Angela; White, Susan; Laugeson, Elizabeth – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Young adults with ASD and no intellectual impairment are more likely to exhibit clinical levels of anxiety than typically developing peers (DSM-5, American Psychiatric Association, 2013). This study tests a mechanistic model in which anxiety culminates via emotion dysregulation and social motivation. Adults with ASD (49 males, 20 females)…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Young Adults, Emotional Disturbances
Outcome for Children Receiving the Early Start Denver Model before and after 48 Months
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Vivanti, Giacomo; Dissanayake, Cheryl – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) is an intervention program recommended for pre-schoolers with autism ages 12-48 months. The rationale for this recommendation is the potential for intervention to affect developmental trajectories during early sensitive periods. We investigated outcomes of 32 children aged 18-48 months and 28 children aged…
Descriptors: Autism, Preschool Children, Early Intervention, Models
Grasping Motor Impairments in Autism: Not Action Planning but Movement Execution Is Deficient
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Stoit, Astrid M. B.; van Schie, Hein T.; Slaats-Willemse, Dorine I. E.; Buitelaar, Jan K. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Different views on the origin of deficits in action chaining in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been posited, ranging from functional impairments in action planning to internal models supporting motor control. Thirty-one children and adolescents with ASD and twenty-nine matched controls participated in a two-choice reach-to-grasp paradigm…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Models
Mechanism of Developmental Change in the PLAY Project Home Consultation Program: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial
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Mahoney, Gerald; Solomon, Richard – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
This investigation is a secondary analysis of data from a randomized control trial of the PLAY Home Consultation Intervention Program which was conducted with 112 preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their parents (Solomon et al. in "J Dev Behav Pediatr" 35:475-485, 2014). Subjects were randomly assigned to either a…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Early Intervention
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5 in a Sample of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Pandolfi, Vincent; Magyar, Caroline I.; Dill, Charles A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
Validity studies of measures for emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) for use with preschool children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are lacking. The Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5 (CBCL; Achenbach and Rescorla, Manual for the ASEBA Preschool Forms & Profiles. VT: University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Autism, Test Validity, Behavior Disorders
Brief Report: Perception of Body Posture--What Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Might Be Missing
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Reed, Catherine L.; Beall, Paula M.; Stone, Valerie E.; Kopelioff, Lila; Pulham, Danielle J.; Hepburn, Susan L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
Autism has been associated with atypical face and configural processing, as indicated by the lack of a face inversion effect (better recognition of upright than inverted faces). We investigated whether such atypical processing was restricted to the face or extended to social information found in body postures. An inversion paradigm compared…
Descriptors: Therapy, Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Visual Perception
Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Autism. Brief Report.
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Sherman, Miriam; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1984
Physically disabled adolescents (N=70) perceived the child-rearing behavior of their mothers along the same three dimensions (e.g., acceptance vs. rejection, psychological control vs. psychological autonomy, firm control vs. lax control) as 70 nondisabled age-mates. (CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Models, Mothers