Sex differences in parent-reported executive functioning and adaptive behavior in children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder
| Autor: | Julia Bascom, Lauren Kenworthy, Emily White, Anna Chelsea Armour, Gregory L. Wallace, Kelly Register-Brown, Allison B. Ratto, Haroon Popal, Alex Martin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adaptive behavior
Activities of daily living General Neuroscience 05 social sciences medicine.disease behavioral disciplines and activities Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale Developmental psychology Correlation 03 medical and health sciences Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function 0302 clinical medicine Autism spectrum disorder mental disorders medicine Autism 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Neurology (clinical) Young adult Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Genetics (clinical) 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Autism Research. 10:1653-1662 |
| ISSN: | 1939-3792 |
| Popis: | This study is the largest to date examining executive function and adaptive skills in females with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Its primary aim was to utilize parent ratings of real-world executive functioning and adaptive behavior to better understand whether females with ASD differ from males with ASD in these areas of everyday functioning. We compared 79 females with ASD to 158 males with ASD (ages 7-18) who were statistically matched on age, IQ, and level of ADHD or ASD traits. All participants were assessed using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) and a subset (56 females and 130 males) also received the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS). Females were rated by parents as having greater problems with executive function on the BRIEF. Parents also rated females as exhibiting more difficulties than males on the Daily Living Skills domain of the VABS. There was a correlation between increased global EF difficulty and decreased adaptive ability in both males and females. Our results indicate relative weaknesses for females compared to males diagnosed with ASD on executive function and daily living skills. These differences occur in the absence of sex differences in our sample in age, IQ, clinician ratings of core ASD symptomatology, parent ratings of ADHD symptoms, and parent-reported social and communication adaptive skills on the VABS. These findings indicate specific liabilities in real world EF and daily living skills for females with ASD and have important implications for targeting their treatments. Autism Res 2017, 10: 1653-1662. © 2017 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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