Atypical Development of Attentional Control Associates with Later Adaptive Functioning, Autism and ADHD Traits

Autism is frequently associated with difficulties with top-down attentional control, which impact on individuals’ mental health and quality of life. The developmental processes involved in these attentional difficulties are not well understood. Using a data-driven approach, 2 samples (N = 294 and 41...

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Autores principales: Hendry, Alexandra, Jones, Emily J. H., Bedford, Rachael, Andersson Konke, Linn, Begum Ali, Jannath, Bӧlte, Sven, Brocki, Karin C., Demurie, Ellen, Johnson, Mark, Pijl, Mirjam K. J., Roeyers, Herbert, Charman, Tony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7557503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32221749
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04465-9
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Sumario:Autism is frequently associated with difficulties with top-down attentional control, which impact on individuals’ mental health and quality of life. The developmental processes involved in these attentional difficulties are not well understood. Using a data-driven approach, 2 samples (N = 294 and 412) of infants at elevated and typical likelihood of autism were grouped according to profiles of parent report of attention at 10, 15 and 25 months. In contrast to the normative profile of increases in attentional control scores between infancy and toddlerhood, a minority (7–9%) showed plateauing attentional control scores between 10 and 25 months. Consistent with pre-registered hypotheses, plateaued growth of attentional control was associated with elevated autism and ADHD traits, and lower adaptive functioning at age 3 years. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10803-020-04465-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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