Sex as a Moderator Between Parent Ratings of Executive Dysfunction and Social Difficulties in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Girls and boys might differ in autistic symptoms and associated cognitive difficulties such as executive function (EF). We investigated sex differences in the relationship between parent rated EF and autistic symptoms in 116 children and adolescents (25 girls) aged 5–19 years with an intelligence qu...

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Autores principales: Torske, Tonje, Nærland, Terje, Quintana, Daniel S., Hypher, Ruth Elizabeth, Kaale, Anett, Høyland, Anne Lise, Hope, Sigrun, Johannessen, Jarle, Øie, Merete G., Andreassen, Ole A.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10499744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35838825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05629-5
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author Torske, Tonje
Nærland, Terje
Quintana, Daniel S.
Hypher, Ruth Elizabeth
Kaale, Anett
Høyland, Anne Lise
Hope, Sigrun
Johannessen, Jarle
Øie, Merete G.
Andreassen, Ole A.
author_facet Torske, Tonje
Nærland, Terje
Quintana, Daniel S.
Hypher, Ruth Elizabeth
Kaale, Anett
Høyland, Anne Lise
Hope, Sigrun
Johannessen, Jarle
Øie, Merete G.
Andreassen, Ole A.
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description Girls and boys might differ in autistic symptoms and associated cognitive difficulties such as executive function (EF). We investigated sex differences in the relationship between parent rated EF and autistic symptoms in 116 children and adolescents (25 girls) aged 5–19 years with an intelligence quotient above 70 and an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis. They were rated with the behavior rating inventory of executive function (BRIEF) and the autism diagnostic interview revised (ADI-R). We found a positive association between EF and the ADI-R domains of reciprocal social interaction (p < 0.001) and communication (p = 0.001) in girls, while these relationships were small and non-significant in boys. Our results provide a greater understanding of the sex-specific characteristics of children and adolescents with ASD. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10803-022-05629-5.
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spelling pubmed-104997442023-09-15 Sex as a Moderator Between Parent Ratings of Executive Dysfunction and Social Difficulties in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder Torske, Tonje Nærland, Terje Quintana, Daniel S. Hypher, Ruth Elizabeth Kaale, Anett Høyland, Anne Lise Hope, Sigrun Johannessen, Jarle Øie, Merete G. Andreassen, Ole A. J Autism Dev Disord Original Paper Girls and boys might differ in autistic symptoms and associated cognitive difficulties such as executive function (EF). We investigated sex differences in the relationship between parent rated EF and autistic symptoms in 116 children and adolescents (25 girls) aged 5–19 years with an intelligence quotient above 70 and an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis. They were rated with the behavior rating inventory of executive function (BRIEF) and the autism diagnostic interview revised (ADI-R). We found a positive association between EF and the ADI-R domains of reciprocal social interaction (p < 0.001) and communication (p = 0.001) in girls, while these relationships were small and non-significant in boys. Our results provide a greater understanding of the sex-specific characteristics of children and adolescents with ASD. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10803-022-05629-5. Springer US 2022-07-15 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10499744/ /pubmed/35838825 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05629-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Original Paper
Torske, Tonje
Nærland, Terje
Quintana, Daniel S.
Hypher, Ruth Elizabeth
Kaale, Anett
Høyland, Anne Lise
Hope, Sigrun
Johannessen, Jarle
Øie, Merete G.
Andreassen, Ole A.
Sex as a Moderator Between Parent Ratings of Executive Dysfunction and Social Difficulties in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
title Sex as a Moderator Between Parent Ratings of Executive Dysfunction and Social Difficulties in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_full Sex as a Moderator Between Parent Ratings of Executive Dysfunction and Social Difficulties in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_fullStr Sex as a Moderator Between Parent Ratings of Executive Dysfunction and Social Difficulties in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_full_unstemmed Sex as a Moderator Between Parent Ratings of Executive Dysfunction and Social Difficulties in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_short Sex as a Moderator Between Parent Ratings of Executive Dysfunction and Social Difficulties in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_sort sex as a moderator between parent ratings of executive dysfunction and social difficulties in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10499744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35838825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05629-5
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