Longitudinal Patterns of Repetitive Behavior in Toddlers with Autism

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• Alternative Title:
  J Child Psychol Psychiatry
• Personal Author:
  Wolff, Jason J. ; Botteron, Kelly N. ; Dager, Stephen R. ; Elison, Jed T. ; Estes, Annette M. ; Gu, Hongbin ; Hazlett, Heather C. ; Pandey, Juhi ; Paterson, Sarah J. ; Schultz, Robert T. ; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ; Piven, Joseph
• Corporate Authors:
  The IBIS Network
• Description:
  Background
  
  Recent evidence suggests that restricted and repetitive behaviors may differentiate children who develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by late infancy. How these core symptoms manifest early in life, particularly among infants at high-risk for the disorder, is not well characterized.
  
  Methods
  
  Prospective, longitudinal parent-report data (Repetitive Behavior Scales-Revised) were collected for 190 high-risk toddlers and 60 low-risk controls from 12 to 24 months age. Forty-one high-risk children were classified with ASD at age 2. Profiles of repetitive behavior were compared between groups using generalized estimating equations.
  
  Results
  
  Longitudinal profiles for children diagnosed with ASD differed significantly from high- and low-risk children without the disorder on all measures of repetitive behavior. High-risk toddlers without ASD were intermediate to low-risk and ASD positive counterparts. Toddlers with ASD showed significantly higher rates of repetitive behavior across subtypes at the 12 month time point. Repetitive behaviors were significantly correlated with adaptive behavior and socialization scores among children with ASD at 24 months-age but were largely unrelated to measures of general cognitive ability.
  
  Conclusions
  
  These findings suggest that as early as 12 months age, a broad range of repetitive behaviors are highly elevated in children who go on to develop ASD. While some degree of repetitive behavior is elemental to typical early development, the extent of these behaviors among children who develop ASD appears highly atypical.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Autistic Disorder Case-Control Studies Child, Preschool Child Development Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Infant Longitudinal Studies Male Stereotyped Behavior

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• Keywords:
  Autism High-risk Siblings Repetitive Behavior
• Source:
  J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 55(8):945-953
• Pubmed ID:
  24552513
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4107191
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30-HD03110/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P30 HD003110/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K01-MN101653/MN/OMHHE CDC HHSUnited States/ ; K01 MH101653/MH/NIMH NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 HD055741/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01-HD055741/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; HD055741-S1/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:920bd5cf046de24996b0f20cdf6030bd8f53e194134f5c37f1ff6e73a3cb8a08
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30043/cdc_30043_DS1.pdf
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