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Caregiver Psychological Distress Predicts Temperament and Social-Emotional Outcomes in Infants with Autism Traits

Auteurs: Lacey Chetcuti, Mirko Uljarević, Kandice J. Varcin, Maryam Boutrus, Sarah Pillar, Stefanie Dimov, Josephine Barbaro, Cheryl Dissanayake, Jonathan Green, Ming Wai Wan, Leonie Segal, Vicky Slonims, Andrew J. O. Whitehouse, Kristelle Hudry, The AICES Team

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 12/2021

Abstract

Child temperament and caregiver psychological distress have been independently associated with social-emotional difficulties among individuals with autism. However, the interrelationship among these risk factors has rarely been investigated. We explored the reciprocal interplay between child temperament (surgency, negative affectivity, and self-regulation) and caregiver psychological distress in the development of child internalizing and externalizing symptoms, in a cohort of 103 infants showing early autism traits. Caregivers completed questionnaires when children were aged around 12-months (Time 1 [T1]), 18-months (Time 2 [T2]), and 24-months (Time 3 [T3]). Cross-lagged path models revealed a significant pathway from T1 caregiver psychological distress through lower T2 child self-regulation to subsequently greater T3 child internalizing symptoms. No such caregiver-driven pathway was evident through T2 child negative affectivity or in the prediction of T3 child externalizing symptoms. Further, no support was found for temperament-driven pathways through caregiver psychological distress to child social-emotional difficulties. Child surgency was mostly unrelated to caregiver psychological distress and social-emotional difficulties. These findings implicate the need to support the mental health of caregivers with an infant with autism traits in order to enhance the emotion regulation and social-emotional development of their infants.

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Titel: Caregiver Psychological Distress Predicts Temperament and Social-Emotional Outcomes in Infants with Autism Traits
Auteurs: Lacey Chetcuti
Mirko Uljarević
Kandice J. Varcin
Maryam Boutrus
Sarah Pillar
Stefanie Dimov
Josephine Barbaro
Cheryl Dissanayake
Jonathan Green
Ming Wai Wan
Leonie Segal
Vicky Slonims
Andrew J. O. Whitehouse
Kristelle Hudry
The AICES Team
Publicatiedatum: 03-07-2021
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 12/2021
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-021-00838-5

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