Potential Risk Factors for the Development of Self-Injurious Behavior among Infants at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Prevalence of self-injurious behavior (SIB) is as high as 50% among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Identification of risk factors for the development of SIB is critical to early intervention and prevention. However, there is little empirical research utilizing a prospective design to...

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Autores principales: Dimian, Adele F., Botteron, Kelly N., Dager, Stephen R., Elison, Jed T., Estes, Annette M., Pruett, John R., Schultz, Robert T., Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie, Piven, Joseph, Wolff, Jason J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2017
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28220358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3057-9
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Sumario:Prevalence of self-injurious behavior (SIB) is as high as 50% among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Identification of risk factors for the development of SIB is critical to early intervention and prevention. However, there is little empirical research utilizing a prospective design to identify early risk factors for SIB. The purpose of this study was to evaluate behavioral characteristics predicting SIB at age 2 years among 235 infants at high familial risk for ASD. Logistic regression results indicated that presence of SIB or proto-SIB and lower developmental functioning at age 12 months significantly predicted SIB at 24 months. A pattern of persistent SIB over this period was associated with a diagnosis of autism and poorer cognitive and adaptive outcomes.

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