Exploring the Impact of Adolescent Cognitive Inflexibility on Emotional and Behavioural Problems Experienced by Autistic Adults

Autor/inn/en	Hollocks, Matthew J.; Charman, Tony; Baird, Gillian; Lord, Catherine; Pickles, Andrew; Simonoff, Emily
Titel	Exploring the Impact of Adolescent Cognitive Inflexibility on Emotional and Behavioural Problems Experienced by Autistic Adults
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 26 (2022) 5, S.1229-1241 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hollocks, Matthew J.) ORCID (Charman, Tony) ORCID (Lord, Catherine) ORCID (Simonoff, Emily)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/13623613211046160
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Young Adults; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Cognitive Processes; Emotional Problems; Behavior Problems; Multiple Intelligences; Verbal Communication; Parents; Foreign Countries; Child Behavior; Screening Tests; Questionnaires; Anxiety; Measures (Individuals); Depression (Psychology); Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Intelligence Tests; United Kingdom (England); Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; Beck Anxiety Inventory; Beck Depression Inventory; Social Responsiveness Scale; Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Autism; Autismus; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Intelligenz (Psy); Eltern; Ausland; Screening-Verfahren; Fragebogen; Angst; Messdaten; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest
Abstract	Autistic young people experience high levels of co-occurring mental health difficulties, including anxiety, depression and behavioural difficulties, across their lifespan. Understanding the neuropsychological mechanisms which underlie these difficulties is vital in developing personalised supports and interventions. Cognitive inflexibility is one candidate mechanism which is associated with co-occurring mental health comorbidities but is also associated with other features of autism such as restricted and repetitive behaviours. This study investigates the distinct longitudinal association between cognitive inflexibility, measured using objective neuropsychological measures and emotional and behavioural problems across adolescence and early adulthood. Eighty-one autistic people from a population-based longitudinal study were assessed at 16 and 23 years on measures of emotional and behavioural problems, with cognitive inflexibility, restricted and repetitive behaviours and verbal intelligence quotient measured at 16 years. We used structural equation modelling to investigate the relationship between cognitive inflexibility and emotional and behavioural symptoms at both timepoints while accounting for the severity of restricted and repetitive behaviours and verbal intelligence quotient. Our results indicate an effect of cognitive inflexibility on increased behavioural problems at 16 years and emotional problems across timepoints, which is distinct from restricted and repetitive behaviours and verbal intelligence quotient. Exploratory mediation analyses suggest that cognitive inflexibility may be one mechanism through which emotional difficulties are maintained longitudinally. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01