Profiles of circumscribed interests in autistic youth.

Autor: Spackman E; Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia., Smillie LD; Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia., Frazier TW; John Carroll University, University Heights, OH, United States., Hardan AY; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States., Alvares GA; UWA Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia., Whitehouse A; UWA Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia., Uljarević M; Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience [Front Behav Neurosci] 2023 Feb 09; Vol. 17, pp. 1037967. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 09 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1037967
Abstrakt: Circumscribed interests (CI) encompass a range of different interests and related behaviors that can be characterized by either a high intensity but otherwise usual topic [referred to as restricted interests (RI)] or by a focus on topics that are not salient outside of autism [referred to as unusual interests (UI)]. Previous research has suggested that there is pronounced variability across individuals in terms of the endorsement of different interests, however, this variability has not been quantified using formal subtyping approaches. Therefore, using Latent Profile Analysis in a sample of 1,892 autistic youth (M age = 10.82, SD age = 4.14; 420 females), this study aimed to identify subgroups based on the RU and UI profiles. Three profiles of autistic individuals were identified. They were characterized as Low CI, Predominantly RI, and Predominantly UI. Importantly, profiles differed on several key demographic and clinical variables, including age, sex composition, IQ, language level, social and communication abilities, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive behaviors. Although replication across other samples is needed, the profiles identified in this study are potentially promising for future research given their distinct profiles of RI and UI and unique patterns of associations with key cognitive and clinical variables. Therefore, this study represents an important initial step towards more individualized assessment and support for diverse presentations of CI in autistic youth.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2023 Spackman, Smillie, Frazier, Hardan, Alvares, Whitehouse and Uljarević.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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