TY - JOUR
T1 - Multi-informant ratings of psychiatric symptom severity in children with autism spectrum disorders
T2 - The importance of environmental context
AU - Kanne, Stephen M.
AU - Abbacchi, Anna M.
AU - Constantino, John N.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01-HD42541-01) to Dr. John Constantino. The authors wish to thank the families who participated in this study for their ongoing contributions to scientific research.
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - The present study examines co-occurring psychiatric syndromes in a well-characterized sample of youths with autism spectrum disorders (ASD; n = 177) and their siblings (n = 148), reported independently by parents and teachers. In ASD, parents reported substantial comorbidity with affective (26%), anxiety (25%), attentional (25%), conduct (16%), oppositional (15%), and somatic problems (6%). Teachers reported a much lower prevalence. Autistic severity scores for children with ASD exhibited moderate correlations with general psychopathology within- but not across-informants, whereas, sibling correlations were significant both within- and across-informants. Results support the role of environmental context in psychiatric symptom expression in children affected by autism and suggest that informant discrepancies may more provide critical cues for these children via specific environmental modifications.
AB - The present study examines co-occurring psychiatric syndromes in a well-characterized sample of youths with autism spectrum disorders (ASD; n = 177) and their siblings (n = 148), reported independently by parents and teachers. In ASD, parents reported substantial comorbidity with affective (26%), anxiety (25%), attentional (25%), conduct (16%), oppositional (15%), and somatic problems (6%). Teachers reported a much lower prevalence. Autistic severity scores for children with ASD exhibited moderate correlations with general psychopathology within- but not across-informants, whereas, sibling correlations were significant both within- and across-informants. Results support the role of environmental context in psychiatric symptom expression in children affected by autism and suggest that informant discrepancies may more provide critical cues for these children via specific environmental modifications.
KW - Autism
KW - CBCL
KW - Parent
KW - Pervasive developmental disorder
KW - Prevalence
KW - Teacher
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-009-0694-7
DO - 10.1007/s10803-009-0694-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 19191016
AN - SCOPUS:67349222951
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 39
SP - 856
EP - 864
JO - Journal of autism and developmental disorders
JF - Journal of autism and developmental disorders
IS - 6
ER -