Stability of Autism Symptoms in Young Children
| Autor: | Claire O. Burns, Xinrui Jiang, Abigail Issarraras, Johnny L. Matson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Public health Socialization Symptom severity Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation medicine.disease Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Nonverbal communication 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Intervention (counseling) Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Autism Medical diagnosis Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. 29:955-967 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3580 1056-263X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10882-017-9567-8 |
| Popis: | The study of early diagnosis and intervention has been a central theme in recent autism research. In support of the validity of early autism diagnoses, researchers have found discriminating variables that are identifiable within the first three years of life. In addition, autism diagnoses made within this time period are typically stable over time. Separate symptoms, however, seem to exhibit differential patterns across development. The current study examined the stability of autism screening outcomes and symptomology in 637 toddlers between the age of 17 and 36 months. Confirmatory of previous findings, results of the current study suggest that overall screening outcomes and symptom severity across three domains (i.e., socialization/nonverbal communication, restricted repetitive behaviors and interests, and communication) are stable across time. Further, the effects of age and time between testing were found to vary between groups. Implications of these results are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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