Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder Traits of Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autor/in	Sengül Erdem, Hatice
Titel	Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder Traits of Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	(2022), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sengül Erdem, Hatice)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Siblings; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Children; Gender Differences; At Risk Persons; Foreign Countries; Turkey; Conners Rating Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sibling; Geschwister; Autism; Autismus; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Child; Kind; Kinder; Geschlechterkonflikt; Risikogruppe; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	Despite the presence of many studies on the conduct and adjustment traits of typically developing siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (sibs-ASD) in the literature, studies examining the risk of siblings developing a psychiatric and psychological disorder or neurodevelopmental disability are limited. This study aims to comparatively investigate the attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) traits of sibs-ASD. In the study, which was designed in the form of causal-comparative research among the survey models, the study group consisted of a total of 92 children with siblings with ASD (research group: N=47) and with siblings without any developmental disability (comparison group: N=46). The data were collected through mothers and analyzed. According to the study findings, the siblings in the research group exhibited significantly higher ADHD traits in all subscales of the Conners Parent Rating Scale-48 items (CPRS-48), through which the data were obtained, except for impulsivity-hyperactivity, and in the total score of the scale compared to the comparison group. Moreover, it was revealed that the ADHD traits of the siblings in the research group did not differ according to gender. According to the study results, having a sibling with ASD increases the risk of ADHD in sibs-ASD, whereas this risk does not differ significantly according to gender. Specialists and educators providing services to children with ASD and their parents should consider the family as a whole and keep in mind that ASD can be a neurodevelopmental disorder that may affect all family systems, including siblings. It is recommended to examine ADHD traits of siblings with studies using different measurement tools and different data sources such as teachers and siblings themselves for future research and conduct studies with more comprehensive and large participant groups examining the effects of demographic variables such as birth order and the gender of a sibling with ASD, different environmental variables such as the severity of ASD, and genetic factors such as the broad autism phenotype on the risk of developing neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD in siblings. [This paper was published in: "EJERCongress 2022 Conference Proceedings," Ani Publishing, 2022, pp. 174-184.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01