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- Title
Brief Report: Adaptive Functioning in Children with ASD, ADHD and ASD + ADHD.
- Authors
Ashwood, Karen; Tye, Charlotte; Azadi, Bahare; Cartwright, Sally; Asherson, Philip; Bolton, Patrick
- Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often co-occur. Children with ASD and ADHD demonstrate deficits in adaptive functioning, yet pure and comorbid groups have not been directly compared. Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (VABS-II) data were examined in boys with ASD (n = 17), ADHD (n = 31) and ASD + ADHD (n = 38). Results demonstrated lower socialisation and composite scores and greater discrepancy between cognitive and adaptive abilities in the ASD + ADHD group compared to the ADHD-only group. Significant associations were shown between reduced adaptive functioning and autism symptoms, but not ADHD symptoms. Children with ASD + ADHD present with exacerbated impairments in adaptive functioning relative to children with ADHD, associated with ASD symptoms. Disentangling variation in adaptive skills may aid the assessment of complex cases.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; AUTISM; ADAPTABILITY (Personality); ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; COGNITION; STATISTICAL correlation; PEDIATRICS; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; SOCIAL skills; STATISTICS; COMORBIDITY; DATA analysis; REPEATED measures design; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2015, Vol 45, Issue 7, p2235
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-014-2352-y