Profiles of Receptive and Expressive Language Abilities in Boys with Comorbid Fragile X Syndrome and Autism

Autor/inn/en	McDuffie, Andrea; Kover, Sara; Abbeduto, Leonard; Lewis, Pamela; Brown, Ted
Titel	Profiles of Receptive and Expressive Language Abilities in Boys with Comorbid Fragile X Syndrome and Autism
Quelle	In: American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 117 (2012) 1, S.18-32 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1944-7515
DOI	10.1352/1944-7558-117.1.18
Schlagwörter	Receptive Language; Expressive Language; Language Skills; Profiles; Males; Genetic Disorders; Mental Retardation; Congenital Impairments; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Comorbidity; Children; Adults; Severity (of Disability); Nonverbal Ability; Intelligence Quotient; Standardized Tests; Language Tests; Effect Size; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Geistige Behinderung; Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Schweregrad; Intelligenzquotient; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Language test; Sprachtest
Abstract	The authors examined receptive and expressive language profiles for a group of verbal male children and adolescents who had fragile X syndrome along with varying degrees of autism symptoms. A categorical approach for assigning autism diagnostic classification, based on the combined use of the Autism Diagnostic Interview--Revised and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS), and a continuous approach for representing autism symptom severity, based on ADOS severity scores, were used in 2 separate sets of analyses. All analyses controlled for nonverbal IQ and chronological age. Nonverbal IQ accounted for significant variance in all language outcomes with large effect sizes. Results of the categorical analyses failed to reveal an effect of diagnostic group (fragile X syndrome--autism, fragile X syndrome--no autism) on standardized language test performance. Results of the continuous analyses revealed a negative relationship between autism symptom severity and all of the standardized language measures. Implications for representing autism symptoms in fragile X syndrome research are considered. (As Provided).
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