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ERIC Number: EJ1478471
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Aug
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
EISSN: EISSN-1573-3432
Available Date: 2024-05-18
Global Sensory Features Are Linked to Executive and Attentional Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Pierre Augé1; Anna Maruani1,3; Elise Humeau1,2; Pierre Ellul1; Ariane Cartigny1,2,5; Aline Lefebvre1; Florine Dellapiazza4; Richard Delorme1; Hugo Peyre1,4
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v55 n8 p2788-2796 2025
Sensory features, executive and attentional impairments are frequently reported in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, little is known about their complex relationships. In this study, we aim to examine the executive and attentional difficulties related to distinct sensory profiles. We identified sensory profiles with a Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) based on scores on the Short Sensory Profile (SSP) questionnaire in 95 children with ASD aged 6 to 17 years. Executive and attention functions were assessed using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF) questionnaire and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale (ADHD-RS). A three-cluster solution based on raw SSP scores identified a "high'', a "medium" and a "low'' SSP profile. We found a significant relationship between executive functions, attentional skills and the global severity of sensory features, reinforcing findings of previous studies in the literature. A two-cluster solution based on normalized SSP (i.e. equalized for the global severity) identified distinct sensory profiles, mainly discriminated by the score of underresponsive/seeks sensation. We found no significant difference between these two clusters for the BRIEF and ADHD-RS related scores. Our study suggests that the heterogeneity of sensory features in ASD may not be explained by differences in executive and attention functions. Future studies are needed to refine the link between sensory features and executive functions in autism.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Paris-Cité University, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Robert Debré Hospital, APHP, Paris, France; 2Fondation FondaMental, Créteil, France; 3Robert Debré Hospital, Centre de Référence “Déficiences Intellectuelles”, Paris, France; 4CHU Montpellier, Centre de Ressources Autisme Languedoc-Roussillon et Centre d’Excellence sur l’Autisme et les Troubles Neurodéveloppement (CeAND), Montpellier, France; 5Université Paris Cité, Laboratory of Psychopathology and Health Process, Paris, France