Attention Bias and Prodromal Anxiety Symptoms in Toddlers with Fragile X Syndrome and Down Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Kayla; Hogan, Abigail L.; Will, Elizabeth; Roberts, Jane E.
Titel	Attention Bias and Prodromal Anxiety Symptoms in Toddlers with Fragile X Syndrome and Down Syndrome
Quelle	In: American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 126 (2021) 2, S.167-181 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1944-7515
Schlagwörter	Disability Identification; At Risk Persons; Anxiety; Neurological Impairments; Developmental Disabilities; Genetic Disorders; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Fear; Toddlers; Down Syndrome; Attention; Severity (of Disability); Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risikogruppe; Angst; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Entwicklungsstörung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Furcht; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Aufmerksamkeit; Schweregrad; Autismus
Abstract	Early identification of behavioral risk markers for anxiety is essential to optimize long-term outcomes in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. This study analyzed attentional avoidance and its relation to anxiety and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptomatology during social and nonsocial fear conditions in toddlers with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and Down syndrome (DS). Toddlers with FXS and DS exhibited increased nonsocial attentional avoidance relative to typically developing (TD) toddlers. Attentional avoidance was not related to anxiety symptom severity in any group; however, higher ASD symptom severity was related to more social attentional avoidance in the FXS and TD groups. Findings suggest that there may be different underlying mechanisms driving attentional avoidance across neurodevelopmental disorders. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01