Overlapping concerns: Autism traits and emotional and behavioral concerns relate in different ways over time in autistic boys versus autistic girls, according to a new study. How these concerns and traits overlap and interact may inform support and intervention strategies for children between the ages of 2 and 12. For instance, social-communication difficulties were strongly associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and mood disorders in boys aged 7 to 9, but this association generally diminished by age 12. In girls aged 7 to 9, social-communication problems were most strongly associated with anxiety and tended to increase at later ages. These findings suggest critical developmental periods for mental health supports.
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More autism research we spotted:
- “Integrating causal discovery and clinically-relevant insights to explore directional relationships between autistic features, sex at birth, and cognitive abilities” Psychological Medicine
- “DSM-5 based algorithms for the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised for children ages 4-17 years” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- “Age-related trajectories of autistic traits in children with Angelman syndrome” Autism Research
- “The autism phenotype and transdiagnostic dimensional frameworks” Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
See also: “To accelerate the study of neurodevelopment, we need a transdiagnostic framework” - “Identifying and responding to gaps in the academic research pipeline: Findings from the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Early Career Committee” Autism Research
- “Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunization and autism” The Washington Post
