Individual Temperament and Problem Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autor/inn/en	Adamek, Lauren; Nichols, Shana; Tetenbaum, Samara P.; Bregman, Joel; Ponzio, Christine A.; Carr, Edward G.
Titel	Individual Temperament and Problem Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Quelle	In: Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 26 (2011) 3, S.173-183 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-3576
DOI	10.1177/1088357611405041
Schlagwörter	Autism; Personality Traits; Individual Differences; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Behavior Problems; Child Behavior; Comparative Analysis; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Affective Behavior; Negative Attitudes; Parents; Self Control; Personality Assessment; Intervention; Preschool Children; Questionnaires; Check Lists; Scores; Age Differences; New York; Aberrant Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Individueller Unterschied; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Negative Fixierung; Eltern; Selbstbeherrschung; Persönlichkeitsanalyse; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Fragebogen; Checkliste; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Temperament is important for considering differences among diagnostic groups and for understanding individual differences that predict problematic behavior. Temperament characteristics, such as negative affectivity, effortful control, and surgency (highly active and impulsive), are predictive of externalizing behavior in typically developing children, but these links have not been investigated among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the present study, the authors analyzed differences in temperament between children with ASD and neurotypical children, investigated the range of individual differences within our sample, and examined the relationship between temperament and problem behavior. A few differences in temperament between the ASD sample and reference sample were noted and considerable variability in temperament was observed across children with ASD. High negative affectivity, high surgency, and low effortful control were related to problem behavior as measured by parent questionnaire. The potential utility of temperament assessment in developing new intervention options for addressing problem behavior is discussed. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10