Anxiety in 3- to 7-Year-Old Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Seeking Treatment for Disruptive Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Sukhodolsky, Denis G.; Lecavalier, Luc; Johnson, Cynthia; Smith, Tristram; Swiezy, Naomi; Bearss, Karen; Kalvin, Carla B.; Scahill, Lawrence
Titel	Anxiety in 3- to 7-Year-Old Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Seeking Treatment for Disruptive Behavior
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 24 (2020) 2, S.400-410 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sukhodolsky, Denis G.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361319866561
Schlagwörter	Anxiety; Young Children; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Behavior Problems; Correlation; Behavior Disorders; Intelligence Quotient; Withdrawal (Psychology); Interpersonal Relationship; Student Characteristics; Aberrant Behavior Checklist; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale; Mullen Scales of Early Learning; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Frühe Kindheit; Autismus; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Korrelation; Intelligenzquotient; Rückzugsverhalten; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Anxiety is a common and impairing problem in children with autism spectrum disorder, but little is known about it in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder. This article reports on the characteristics of anxiety symptoms in young children with autism spectrum disorder using a parent-completed rating scale. One hundred and eighty children (age 3-7 years) participated in a clinical trial of parent training for disruptive behaviors. Anxiety was measured as part of pre-treatment subject characterization with 16 items from the Early Childhood Inventory, a parent-completed scale on child psychiatric symptoms. Parents also completed other measures of behavioral problems. Sixty-seven percent of children were rated by their parents as having two or more clinically significant symptoms of anxiety. There were no differences in the Early Childhood Inventory anxiety severity scores of children with IQ < 70 and those with [greater than or equal to] 70. Higher levels of anxiety were associated with severity of oppositional defiant behavior and social disability. Anxiety symptoms are common in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder. These findings are consistent with earlier work in school-age children with autism spectrum disorder. There were no differences in anxiety between children with IQ below 70 and those with IQ of 70 and above. Social withdrawal and oppositional behavior were associated with anxiety in young children with autism spectrum disorder. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01