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- Title
Repetitive Thoughts and Repetitive Behaviors in Williams Syndrome.
- Authors
Huston, John C.; Thom, Robyn P.; Ravichandran, Caitlin T.; Mullett, Jennifer E.; Moran, Carly; Waxler, Jessica L.; Pober, Barbara R.; McDougle, Christopher J.
- Abstract
The purpose of the study was to characterize repetitive phenomena in Williams syndrome (WS). The parents of 60 subjects with WS completed the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) or Children's Y-BOCS, the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale, the Stereotyped Behavior Scale, and the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale–Parent Version. Nineteen males and 41 females participated in the study. Six subjects (10%) had obsessions only, six (10%) had compulsions only, and eleven (18%) had at least one obsession and at least one compulsion. None of the subjects had tics. Fifty subjects (83.3%) endorsed at least one stereotypy. Increased anxiety was associated with increased severity of obsessions, but not severity of compulsions or stereotypies.
- Subjects
STEREOTYPES; TIC disorders; WILLIAMS syndrome; PARENTS
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2022, Vol 52, Issue 2, p852
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-021-04979-w