학술논문
Characteristics Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder Risk in Individuals with Down Syndrome.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*AUTISM risk factors
*ADAPTABILITY (Personality)
*AUTISM
*INTELLECT
*RISK assessment
*DOWN syndrome
*DISEASE complications
*SYMPTOMS
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ISSN
0162-3257
Abstract
We examined autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk in a large national sample of 203 individuals with Down syndrome, 6–25 years old, to determine the association of ASD risk with age, sex, IQ, adaptive behaviors, and maladaptive behaviors. We used a two-pronged approach by (1) considering ASD symptomatology continuously across the sample of individuals with DS and examining associations with each characteristic, and (2) dichotomizing our sample into high and low ASD risk groups and comparing groups on each characteristic. The pattern of results was largely similar across both types of analyses. ASD symptomatology/risk was negatively associated with IQ and adaptive behaviors and positively associated with certain types of maladaptive behaviors. Clinical implications for screening and therapeutic purposes are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]