Journal article
Developmental Skills Moderate the Association Between Core Autism Features and Adaptive Behaviour in Early Childhood
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
04 May 2023
PMID: 37142900
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Abstract
PurposeWhile research indicates that both the core features of autism and associated developmental skills influence adaptive behaviour outcomes, results to date suggest greater influence of the latter than the former, and little attention has been given to how the interaction of both together might impact functional disability. Seeking to expand understanding of associations between young children's core social autism features, developmental skills, and functional ability/disability, we specifically tested whether early developmental skills might have a moderating effect on the association between early social features and subsequent functional disability.MethodsData from 162 preschool children were available for this study. These included time-1 measures of social autism features (ADOS-Social Affect score) and developmental skills (MSEL-Developmental Quotient; DQ), and a measure of functional ability/disability (VABS-Adaptive Behaviour Composite; ABC) available at follow-up 1-year later (time-2).ResultsTime-1 ADOS-SA and MSEL-DQ scores were concurrently associated with one another, and both prospectively associated with time-2 VABS-ABC scores. Examination of partial correlations (i.e., controlling for MSEL-DQ) demonstrated that the association of time-1 ADOS-SA and time-2 VABS-ABC was accounted for by shared variance with DQ. Formal moderation analysis returned a non-significant overall interaction term, but showed a lower-bound region of significance whereby the association of time-1 ADOS-SA with time-2 VABS-ABC was significant for children with baseline DQ <= 48.33.ConclusionOur results add to a body of empirical evidence consistent with an understanding of the needs of and resources available to autistic people through a 'cognitive compensation' lens.
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- Title
- Developmental Skills Moderate the Association Between Core Autism Features and Adaptive Behaviour in Early Childhood
- Publication Details
- JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
- Publisher
- SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS; NEW YORK
- Grant note
- Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000981393000005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85158025727
- Other Identifier
- 991021861184604721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental