Real-World Executive Functions in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Profiles of Impairment and Associations with Adaptive Functioning and Co-morbid Anxiety and Depression
| Autor: | Emily Brodsky, Cara E. Pugliese, Emily White, Haroon Popal, Gregory L. Wallace, Lauren Kenworthy, Alex Martin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Autism Spectrum Disorder Metacognition Comorbidity Anxiety Neuropsychological Tests Article Executive Function Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Adaptation Psychological mental disorders Intellectual disability Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Depression 05 social sciences medicine.disease Executive functions Autism spectrum disorder Autism Female medicine.symptom Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 46:1071-1083 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3432 0162-3257 |
| Popis: | Although executive functioning (EF) difficulties are well documented among children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), little is known about real-world measures of EF among adults with ASD. Therefore, this study examined parent-reported real-world EF problems among 35 adults with ASD without intellectual disability and their correlations with adaptive functioning and co-morbid anxiety and depression symptomatology. A variable EF profile was found with prominent deficits occurring in flexibility and metacognition. Flexibility problems were associated with anxiety-related symptoms while metacognition difficulties were associated with depression symptoms and impaired adaptive functioning (though the metacognition-adaptive functioning relationship was moderated by ADHD symptoms). These persistent EF problems are predictors of broader functioning and therefore remain an important treatment target among adults with ASD. |
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