TY - JOUR
T1 - Adaptive Behavior in Young Autistic Children
T2 - Associations with Irritability and ADHD Symptoms
AU - Carpenter, Kimberly L.H.
AU - Davis, Naomi O.
AU - Spanos, Marina
AU - Sabatos-DeVito, Maura
AU - Aiello, Rachel
AU - Baranek, Grace T.
AU - Compton, Scott N.
AU - Egger, Helen L.
AU - Franz, Lauren
AU - Kim, Soo Jeong
AU - King, Bryan H.
AU - Kolevzon, Alexander
AU - McDougle, Christopher J.
AU - Sanders, Kevin
AU - Veenstra-VanderWeele, Jeremy
AU - Sikich, Linmarie
AU - Kollins, Scott H.
AU - Dawson, Geraldine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022.
PY - 2024/9
Y1 - 2024/9
N2 - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms affect 40–60% of autistic children and have been linked to differences in adaptive behavior. It is unclear whether adaptive behavior in autistic youth is directly impacted by co-occurring ADHD symptoms or by another associated feature of both autism and ADHD, such as increased irritability. The current study examined relationships between irritability, ADHD symptoms, and adaptive behavior in 3- to 7-year-old autistic children. Results suggest that, after adjusting for co-occurring ADHD symptoms, higher levels of irritability are associated with differences in social adaptive behavior specifically. Understanding relationships between irritability, ADHD, and adaptive behavior in autistic children is critical because measures of adaptive behavior, such as the Vineland Scales of Adaptive Functioning, are often used as a proxy for global functioning, as well as for developing intervention plans and measuring outcomes as primary endpoints in clinical trials.
AB - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms affect 40–60% of autistic children and have been linked to differences in adaptive behavior. It is unclear whether adaptive behavior in autistic youth is directly impacted by co-occurring ADHD symptoms or by another associated feature of both autism and ADHD, such as increased irritability. The current study examined relationships between irritability, ADHD symptoms, and adaptive behavior in 3- to 7-year-old autistic children. Results suggest that, after adjusting for co-occurring ADHD symptoms, higher levels of irritability are associated with differences in social adaptive behavior specifically. Understanding relationships between irritability, ADHD, and adaptive behavior in autistic children is critical because measures of adaptive behavior, such as the Vineland Scales of Adaptive Functioning, are often used as a proxy for global functioning, as well as for developing intervention plans and measuring outcomes as primary endpoints in clinical trials.
KW - Adaptive Behavior
KW - Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
KW - Autism Spectrum Disorder
KW - Irritability
KW - Preschool Age
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139611989&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-022-05753-2
DO - 10.1007/s10803-022-05753-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 36222990
AN - SCOPUS:85139611989
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 54
SP - 3559
EP - 3566
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 9
ER -