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Divergence of Age-Related Differences in Social-Communication: Improvements for Typically Developing Youth but Declines for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Journal of autism and developmental disorders, v 47(2), pp 472-479
01 Feb 2017
PMID: 27878739
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Abstract
Although social-communication difficulties and repetitive behaviors are hallmark features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and persist across the lifespan, very few studies have compared age-related differences in these behaviors between youth with ASD and same-age typically developing (TD) peers. We examined this issue using SRS-2 (Social Responsiveness Scale-Second Edition) measures of social-communicative functioning and repetitive behaviors in a stratified cross-sectional sample of 324 youth with ASD in the absence of intellectual disability, and 438 TD youth (aged 4-29 years). An age-by-group interaction emerged indicating that TD youth exhibited age-related improvements in social-communication scores while the ASD group demonstrated age-related declines in these scores. This suggests that adolescents/adults with ASD may fall increasingly behind their same-age peers in social-communicative skills.
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- Title
- Divergence of Age-Related Differences in Social-Communication: Improvements for Typically Developing Youth but Declines for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Creators
- Gregory L. Wallace - George Washington UniversityKaterina Dudley - Children’s National Health SystemLaura Anthony - Children’s National Health SystemCara E. Pugliese - Children’s National Health SystemBako Orionzi - National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research ProgramLiv Clasen - National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research ProgramNancy Raitano Lee - National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research ProgramJay N. Giedd - National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research ProgramAlex Martin - National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research ProgramArmin Raznahan - National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research ProgramLauren Kenworthy - Children’s National Health System
- Publication Details
- Journal of autism and developmental disorders, v 47(2), pp 472-479
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- Gudelsky Family Foundation 1-ZIA-MH002794; 1-ZIA-MH002920 / Intramural Research Program at NIMH, NIH 5P30HD040677-15 / T32 Grant HD046388-01A2 / IDDRC Grant ZIAMH002949; ZIAMH002920 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000394360600022
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84996743429
- Other Identifier
- 991019296800804721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental