Brief Report: The Use of Self-Report Measures in Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Access Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression and Negative Thoughts

Autor/inn/en	Ozsivadjian, Ann; Hibberd, Charlotte; Hollocks, Matthew J.
Titel	Brief Report: The Use of Self-Report Measures in Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Access Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression and Negative Thoughts
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44 (2014) 4, S.969-974 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-013-1937-1
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Negative Attitudes; Young Children; Measurement Techniques; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Control Groups; Comparative Analysis; Childrens Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Angst; Negative Fixierung; Frühe Kindheit; Messtechnik; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	The aims of this study were two-fold; firstly, to investigate whether self-report measures are useful and reflect parent-reported psychiatric symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and secondly, to investigate whether children with ASD are able to access and report their cognitions, a prerequisite skill for cognitive behavior therapies. Thirty children with ASD and 21 comparison children without ASD completed the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and the Children's Depression Inventory, with parents completing the parent version of both questionnaires. Intraclass correlations revealed that there was good agreement between ASD children and their parents on both measures, but only on the depression measure in non-ASD children. The children in both groups also completed the Children's Automatic Thoughts Questionnaires; multiple regression analyses indicated that within the ASD group, child-rated scores on the CATS questionnaire were positively related to increased self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression, but not in the comparison group, suggesting that children with ASD are able to accurately report their anxious and depressed cognitions. The implications of these results for both the practice and theory of CBT for children with ASD are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10