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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 1/2017

12-11-2016 | Original Paper

Emotion Regulation in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Auteurs: Lauren Berkovits, Abbey Eisenhower, Jan Blacher

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 1/2017

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Abstract

There has been little research connecting underlying emotion processes (e.g., emotion regulation) to frequent behavior problems in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study examined the stability of emotion regulation and its relationship with other aspects of child functioning. Participants included 108 children with ASD, ages 4–7, and their primary caregivers. ASD symptoms and cognitive/language abilities were assessed upon study entry. Parents reported on children’s emotion regulation, social skills and behavior problems at two time points, 10 months apart. Emotion dysregulation was stable and related strongly to social and behavioral functioning but was largely independent of IQ. Further analyses suggested that emotion dysregulation predicts increases in social and behavioral difficulties across time. Implications for intervention are discussed.
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Although no formal normative data exists for the ERC, we compared scores from our sample of children with ASD to a sample of children “at risk” (i.e., in Head Start), ages 33–70 months of age (n = 331; Cohen and Mendez 2009). The children in this study with ASD exhibited significantly higher levels of lability/negativity symptoms on the ERC-LN (t(202) = − 12.01, p < .001), but equal levels of emotion regulation skills on the ERC-ER (t(195) = − 0.30, p > .05). Comparisons of the CBCL-EDI with data from Samson et al. (2014) show comparable scores to their ASD group (t(157) = − 0.33, p > .05), but higher levels of dysregulation compared to their typically developing group (t(138) = − 9.73, p < .001).
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Emotion Regulation in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Auteurs
Lauren Berkovits
Abbey Eisenhower
Jan Blacher
Publicatiedatum
12-11-2016
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2922-2

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