Temperament predicts challenging behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder at age 5.

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      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 101300021 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1750-9467 (Print) NLM ISO Abbreviation: Res Autism Spectr Disord Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
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      Original Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier
    • Abstract:
      Background: Challenging behaviors during early childhood have a significant impact on cognitive and social development. The present study aimed to identify the developmental predictors of these behaviors in preschool aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at 2-year follow-up. We examined temperament, which has been identified as key to emotion regulation in typical development, as well as developmental level and ASD symptom severity, as potential predictors of parent-reported challenging behavior.
      Method: Forty-three parents of preschool aged children with ASD from a previous study were invited to participate. Data from 26 children with ASD aged 4-6 years ( M = 5, SD = .60) were available for follow-up analyses. Developmental level, ASD symptom severity, and temperamental difficulty at baseline were considered as potential predictors of frequency and severity of challenging behavior at follow-up.
      Results: Baseline negative affectivity was uniquely predictive of frequency of challenging behavior at follow-up. Although no individual variable was identified as a unique predictor of variance, the combined effects of temperament were predictive of the severity of challenging behavior at follow-up, contributing to 46 % of variance in scores.
      Conclusions: These findings highlight the potential impact of emotion-regulation related aspects of temperament on later emerging challenging behavior in young children with ASD, suggesting opportunities for early intervention. Results also identified a role for developmental level in the severity of challenging behavior, but suggest that the effect may be metered by temperament.
      Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest SK declares that she has no conflict of interest. DH declares that he has no conflict of interest. LC declares that she has no conflict of interest. ES declares that she has no conflict of interest. HN declares that she has no conflict of interest.
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    • Grant Information:
      K01 MH120509 United States MH NIMH NIH HHS
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: ASD; Autism; Challenging behavior; Developmental delay; Temperament
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20220531 Latest Revision: 20220716
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      PMC9137884
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.rasd.2019.101492
    • Accession Number:
      35633756