Journal article
Developmental cascades between insistence on sameness behaviour and anxiety symptoms in autism spectrum disorder
Abstract
Autistic children experience high rates of anxiety. Insistence on sameness behaviour (IS) is a core feature of autism that appears correlated with anxiety severity. The objective of this study was to examine the longitudinal relations between anxiety and IS in autistic children using a developmental cascade model. A longitudinal cohort of 421 autistic children was followed between 4 and 11 years of age. Anxiety was quantified using items from …
Authors
Baribeau DA; Vigod SN; Pullenayegum E; Kerns CM; Vaillancourt T; Duku E; Smith IM; Volden J; Zwaigenbaum L; Bennett T
Journal
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 32, No. 11, pp. 2109–2118
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
11 2023
DOI
10.1007/s00787-022-02049-9
ISSN
1018-8827