Behavioral Flexibility in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability

Autor/inn/en	Peters-Scheffer, Nienke; Didden, Robert; Sigafoos, Jeff; Green, Vanessa A.; Korzilius, Hubert
Titel	Behavioral Flexibility in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability
Quelle	In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7 (2013) 6, S.699-709 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-9467
DOI	10.1016/j.rasd.2013.02.016
Schlagwörter	Rating Scales; Adjustment (to Environment); Interpersonal Relationship; Autism; Control Groups; Mental Retardation; Child Behavior; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Behavior Problems; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Severity (of Disability); Age Differences; Interaction; Interpersonal Competence; Influences; Emotional Disturbances; Mothers; Stress Variables; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rating-Skala; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Autismus; Geistige Behinderung; Ausland; Schweregrad; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Interaktion; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Gefühlsstörung; Mother; Mutter; Niederlande
Abstract	Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have particular difficulty with behavioral flexibility, but the knowledge base on behavioral flexibility in children with a diagnosis of ASD plus intellectual disability (ID) compared to children with ID only is still scarce. The aim of the present study was to assess behavioral flexibility in 111 children (84 boys) with ASD (87 autistic disorder; 24 PDD-NOS) plus ID (IQ range 10.59-72.67) and compare their scores to those of a control group consisting of 65 children with ID only (42 boys). Their age range was between 2:7 and 9:11 years/months. Behavior flexibility was measured using a Dutch version of the Behavioral Flexibility Rating Scale--Revised (0100 and 0150). Results showed that behavioral flexibility in children with ASD plus ID was predicted by autism severity, developmental age, and initiating social interaction. A lack of behavioral flexibility seems to influence emotional and behavioral problems and maternal stress, but not adaptive behavior. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10